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Israeli troops open fire on 'starving' crowd in Gaza as aid group loses control of food centre
Israeli troops opened fire near a crowded food centre in Gaza that lost control on its second day. Hundreds of thousands of starving Palestinians gathered, overwhelming the aid group managing the distribution. read more
Palestinian children shove to get a ration of hot food from a charity kitchen set up at the Islamic University campus in Gaza City. AFP
Israeli troops opened fire near thousands of hungry Palestinians after a food distribution centre in Gaza lost control on its second day of operations, The Guardian reported. The centre was run by a logistics group chosen by Israel.
After 11 weeks of total siege and a tight blockade, most people in Gaza are starving. On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands crossed Israeli military lines to reach the new centre in Rafah.
However, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which was set up to manage the aid, was overwhelmed and staff had to leave their posts at one point.
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'At one moment in the late afternoon, the volume of people at the SDS [secure distribution centre] was such that the GHF team fell back to allow a small number of Palestinians in Gaza to take aid safely and dissipate,' the foundation said in a statement.
This is a developing story.
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