How Aid Is Distributed In Gaza
Potential aid recipients identified through rifle scope
70-80 checkpoints
IDF soldiers wipe crumbs off their mouths
Palestinians in line asked if they want to film a short thank you video for Trump
Hungry children told to come back when they've developed viable two-state solution
Bag of rice used to block bullets
27 dead, 43 wounded
Aid not distributed after all
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New York Post
25 minutes ago
- New York Post
Former hostage Or Levy recounts starving in Hamas captivity
An Israeli former hostage has painted a haunting picture of the hell he endured from Hamas on the heels of the terrorists' latest propaganda video showing an emaciated captive digging his own grave. Or Levy, 33, who was abducted Oct. 7, 2023, and held captive in Gaza for 491 days, spoke at a Long Island synagogue Sunday, sharing his own experience with 'starvation' inside Hamas' tunnels. 'You can't really understand what it is to starve — day after day after day,' Levy, told the Young Israel of Woodmere synagogue. Advertisement 6 Or levy recounts starving during his nearly 500 days in Hamas captivity. Doree Lewak/NY Post 6 Recent haunting images of skeletal current hostage Evyatar David triggered global outcry. Al-Qassam Brigade Footage Levy, whose wife Einav was killed in the same shelter from which he was kidnapped and 'dragged like a sack of potatoes,' was among the hostages freed in February — their emaciated bodies paraded around by Hamas before their release. Israeli officials noted that Levy and the other hostages freed earlier this year suffered from malnutrition, with some losing around 40% of their body weight in captivity. Advertisement Levy, the father of a 3-year-old boy, recalled the 'inhumane' conditions he lived in, sleeping in a tunnel that had air 'thick with mold' and lying on the hard floor without a mattress. He and his fellow hostages survived on a single pita a day and shared two cans of food for four people — or 'half a can a day' for each man. 6 Hostage Rom Braslavski also was recently seen in Hamas video weeping as he begged for food and water. Advertisement They eked out two meals a day from the meager sustenance because 'the psychological effect of eating once a day is crazy,' Levy said to the packed and stunned crowd who themselves were fasting to commemorate Tisha B'Av. 'I won't describe to you what it is to be that hungry,' he said. 'A – you don't deserve it – nobody deserves it. And, B, you can't really understand what it is to starve day after day after day for months.' 6 Levy was among the hostages paraded around before their release in February. AP Advertisement Levy's healthy appearance Sunday was in stark contrast to his gaunt silhouette upon his release from Gaza on Feb. 8, having shed 44 pounds during his brutal 15 months of captivity, according to the Times of Israel. Levy said his nightmares about previously being starving were reignited upon seeing the shocking images of hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, whose skeletal frames were shown off in the Hamas propaganda video last week. David was seen inside a dark tunnel with a shovel in hand as he was forced to dig his own grave, with Braslavski filmed as he cried for food and water. 6 Protesters In Israel are demanding a cease-fire deal to free the remaining hostages and end the war in Gaza. REUTERS As with Levy, both David and Brasklavski were kidnapped during the Nova music festival massacre and appear to be going through the same brutal torture as he did. 'I know what they are going through, and I can promise you it's the worst,' Levy said. 'These videos haunt me.' Noting that the men have 170 days in captivity on top of what he endured, Levy said, 'You know what I looked like,' referencing the shocking video of his emaciated frame marching through Gaza City upon his release, footage that prompted outrage from President Trump. 6 Israeli demonstrators have accused their government of putting the defeat of Hamas over the need to save the hostages' lives. AFP via Getty Images Advertisement 'They literally look like the old pictures of Holocaust survivors, the same thing,' the president said of the freed hostages at the time. Before ending his emotional talk that left the rapt crowd in tears, Levy implored, 'We must do everything we can to end this.' The images of David and Braslavski triggered mass protests in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square, with tens of thousands of Israelis taking to the streets to demand an end to the war in Gaza and immediate release of all of the hostages. Advertisement The captives, only 20 of whom are believed to still be alive, have endured 668 days in captivity, with no sign of progress toward a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel. Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, claimed Sunday that the US and Israel are close to a 'very, very good plan' to end the war in Gaza and free the remaining hostages. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu maintains that a military operation is the best way to free the hostages, vowing to keep the war going until Hamas is eliminated.
The Hill
an hour ago
- The Hill
Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and airdropped parcels in the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses and local health officials. Israel's blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid, contributing to the territory's slide toward famine nearly 22 months into the war with Hamas. Aid groups say Israel's week-old measures to allow more aid in are far from sufficient. Families of hostages in Gaza fear starvation affects them too, but blame Hamas. Several hundred Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since May while heading toward food distribution sites and aid convoys, according to witnesses, local health officials and the United Nations human rights office. The military says it has only fired warning shots and disputes the toll. As international alarm has mounted, several countries have airdropped aid over Gaza. The U.N. and aid groups call such drops costly and dangerous for residents, and say they deliver far less aid than trucks. AP video shows scramble for airdropped aid Many food parcels dropped by air have splashed into the Mediterranean Sea or landed in so-called red zones from which Israel's military has ordered people to evacuate. In either case, Palestinians risk their lives to get flour and other basic goods. On Monday, Palestinians cheered as pallets of aid were parachuted over Zuweida in central Gaza. Associated Press footage showed a desperate scramble when the parcels hit the ground, with hundreds of people racing toward them. Fistfights broke out and some men wielded batons. 'I wish they would deliver it through the (land) crossings,' Rabah Rabah said earlier as he waited for the airdrop. 'This is inhuman.' At least one parcel fell on a tent where displaced people had been sheltering, injuring a man who was taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known. Dozens killed seeking aid At least 16 people were killed late Sunday near the Israeli-controlled Zikim Crossing, the main entry point for aid to northern Gaza, according to records at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which showed that more than 130 people were wounded. The circumstances were not immediately clear, but the crossing has seen several shootings in recent days that witnesses and health officials blamed on Israeli forces. There was no immediate comment from the military. At least 10 people were killed as thousands waited for aid trucks in the Morag Corridor, which the Israeli military carved out between the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. Mohammed al-Masri, who was among the crowds, said Israeli forces opened fire when a group of young men tried to make their way to the front. 'The occupation forces shot many people in the head and in the back,' he said, adding that he saw four wounded people, one motionless on the ground. Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said it received 10 bodies from Morag and another five who were killed near an aid site in southern Gaza run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed American contractor. GHF said there were no violent incidents at or near its sites. It said a new U.N. route runs near two of its sites in the south and has drawn large crowds of people who unload the convoys. GHF says its contractors have only used pepper spray or fired warning shots on a few occasions to prevent deadly crowding since it opened four sites in May. 'It's a death trap' Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza said it received the bodies of eight people killed near a GHF site in the Israeli-controlled Netzarim Corridor, and that another 50 people were wounded. Witnesses and health officials said Israeli forces had fired toward the crowds. An Associated Press photo showed a man carrying a body away from the site, as others hauled bags of food. 'It's like yesterday, and the day before,' said Ayman Ruqab, a young Palestinian who said he had tried unsuccessfully to reach the site for the past three days. 'It's a death trap.' The Israeli military said it fired warning shots at people who approached 'in a manner that posed a threat to the troops,' without elaborating. It said it was not aware of any casualties. Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war. They still hold 50 hostages, around 20 of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals. Israel's retaliatory military offensive has killed more than 60,900 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry, which doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count but says around half the dead have been women and children, is staffed by medical professionals. The U.N. and other independent experts view its figures as the most reliable casualty count. Israel has disputed the figures but hasn't provided its own.
San Francisco Chronicle
an hour ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and airdropped parcels in the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses and local health officials. Israel's blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid, contributing to the territory's slide toward famine nearly 22 months into the war with Hamas. Aid groups say Israel's week-old measures to allow more aid in are far from sufficient. Families of hostages in Gaza fear starvation affects them too, but blame Hamas. Several hundred Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since May while heading toward food distribution sites and aid convoys, according to witnesses, local health officials and the United Nations human rights office. The military says it has only fired warning shots and disputes the toll. As international alarm has mounted, several countries have airdropped aid over Gaza. The U.N. and aid groups call such drops costly and dangerous for residents, and say they deliver far less aid than trucks. AP video shows scramble for airdropped aid Many food parcels dropped by air have splashed into the Mediterranean Sea or landed in so-called red zones from which Israel's military has ordered people to evacuate. In either case, Palestinians risk their lives to get flour and other basic goods. On Monday, Palestinians cheered as pallets of aid were parachuted over Zuweida in central Gaza. Associated Press footage showed a desperate scramble when the parcels hit the ground, with hundreds of people racing toward them. Fistfights broke out and some men wielded batons. 'I wish they would deliver it through the (land) crossings,' Rabah Rabah said earlier as he waited for the airdrop. 'This is inhuman.' At least one parcel fell on a tent where displaced people had been sheltering, injuring a man who was taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known. Dozens killed seeking aid At least 16 people were killed late Sunday near the Israeli-controlled Zikim Crossing, the main entry point for aid to northern Gaza, according to records at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which showed that more than 130 people were wounded. The circumstances were not immediately clear, but the crossing has seen several shootings in recent days that witnesses and health officials blamed on Israeli forces. There was no immediate comment from the military. At least 10 people were killed as thousands waited for aid trucks in the Morag Corridor, which the Israeli military carved out between the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. Mohammed al-Masri, who was among the crowds, said Israeli forces opened fire when a group of young men tried to make their way to the front. "The occupation forces shot many people in the head and in the back,' he said, adding that he saw four wounded people, one motionless on the ground. Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said it received 10 bodies from Morag and another five who were killed near an aid site in southern Gaza run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed American contractor. GHF said there were no violent incidents at or near its sites. It said a new U.N. route runs near two of its sites in the south and has drawn large crowds of people who unload the convoys. GHF says its contractors have only used pepper spray or fired warning shots on a few occasions to prevent deadly crowding since it opened four sites in May. 'It's a death trap' Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza said it received the bodies of eight people killed near a GHF site in the Israeli-controlled Netzarim Corridor, and that another 50 people were wounded. Witnesses and health officials said Israeli forces had fired toward the crowds. An Associated Press photo showed a man carrying a body away from the site, as others hauled bags of food. 'It's like yesterday, and the day before,' said Ayman Ruqab, a young Palestinian who said he had tried unsuccessfully to reach the site for the past three days. 'It's a death trap." The Israeli military said it fired warning shots at people who approached 'in a manner that posed a threat to the troops,' without elaborating. It said it was not aware of any casualties. Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war. They still hold 50 hostages, around 20 of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals. Israel's retaliatory military offensive has killed more than 60,900 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry, which doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count but says around half the dead have been women and children, is staffed by medical professionals. The U.N. and other independent experts view its figures as the most reliable casualty count. ___ Magdy reported from Cairo. ___
