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LBCI
2 days ago
- LBCI
Two US aid workers wounded in Gaza 'attack': GHF
The U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said two American staff were wounded Saturday in an "attack" on one of its aid centers in southern Gaza. "This morning, two American aid workers were injured in a targeted terrorist attack during food distribution activities at SDS-3 in Khan Yunis," the organization said, adding that reports indicated it was carried out by "two assailants who threw two grenades at the Americans". AFP
Al Bawaba
2 days ago
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
US aid centers closed in Gaza after bomb attack injures US workers
ALBAWABA - The U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says that all U.S.-linked aid delivery centers in Gaza have been shut down permanently after an explosion that hurt two American aid workers. The event happened as tensions were building and more people were criticizing the foundation's work in the besieged area. The GHF said on Saturday that the two American staff members were hurt but not seriously in an attack on a food delivery site in Khan Younis, which is in the southern part of Gaza. Early reports say that two attackers threw hand grenades at the workers near the end of a job distributing food. The Americans who were hurt are currently in stable health and getting medical care. The centers were shut down after weeks of growing complaints. The Gaza Ministry of Interior had warned the public not to go near the GHF just two days before, calling it a "trap for mass death and humiliation" and saying it regularly violated people's rights. The Ministry said it would not do business with the group and told people and groups in and outside of Gaza not to work with the GHF or its agents in any way. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority confirmed that the American troops were hurt and said that the Israeli military has begun an investigation into what happened with the explosion. Along with an effort by the US and Israel to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the GHF has been working without the UN since May 27. Violence, on the other hand, has harmed the project. Many Palestinians have been killed and hurt when Israeli forces opened fire on them while they were gathering near GHF aid points. Human rights groups call this a brutal operation that forces civilians to choose between going hungry or dying. United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) says that since the GHF aid project began, at least 500 Palestinians have died and about 4,000 have been hurt while trying to get food. Reports of shootings, arrests, and chaos around the distribution sites every day have only made people want an international investigation and the return of humanitarian control led by the UN. The attack on the American workers is a new step in the rising backlash against the GHF. In Gaza, more and more people see their presence as a sign of foreign control and suffering.
France 24
2 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says two staff members wounded in 'attack'
The US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said two American staff were wounded Saturday in an "attack" on one of its aid centres in southern Gaza. "This morning, two American aid workers were injured in a targeted terrorist attack during food distribution activities at SDS-3 in Khan Younis," the organisation said in a statement, noting that the employees were in stable condition. "The attack – which preliminary information indicates was carried out by two assailants who threw two grenades at the Americans – occurred at the conclusion of an otherwise successful distribution in which thousands of Gazans safely received food," it added. An officially private effort, the GHF began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than two months, sparking famine warnings. GHF operations have been marred by chaotic scenes and near-daily reports of Israeli forces firing on people waiting to collect rations. More than 500 people have been killed while waiting to access rations from its distribution sites, the UN Human Rights Office said Friday. The Israeli military has blamed Hamas for the incidents. "GHF has repeatedly warned of credible threats from Hamas, including explicit plans to target American personnel, Palestinian aid workers and the civilians who rely on our sites for food. Today's attack tragically affirms those warnings," the foundation said. Civil defence says schools hit Israel's security cabinet was expected to meet after the end of the Jewish sabbath at sundown in Saturday to discuss Israel's next steps as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to leave for Washington for talks on Monday with US President Donald Trump. Trump has been making a renewed push for an end to nearly 21 months of war in Gaza, where the civil defence agency said 32 people were killed in Israeli military operations on Saturday. Hamas on Friday said it was ready to start talks "immediately" on a US-sponsored proposal for a Gaza ceasefire. "No decision has been made yet on that issue," an Israeli government official told AFP when asked about Hamas's proposal. Meanwhile, civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said Israeli military operations killed 32 people across the war-battered territory on Saturday. Bassal said Saturday's dead included eight people killed in two strikes on schools in Gaza City. The Hamas attack of October 2023 resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures. Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 57,268 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. The United Nations considers the figures reliable.
Arab News
2 days ago
- Arab News
Two US aid workers wounded in Gaza ‘attack': GHF
JERUSALEM: The US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said two American staff were wounded Saturday in an 'attack' on one of its aid centers in southern Gaza. 'This morning, two American aid workers were injured in a targeted terrorist attack during food distribution activities at SDS-3 in Khan Yunis,' the organization said, adding that reports indicated it was carried out by 'two assailants who threw two grenades at the Americans.'
Al Arabiya
2 days ago
- Al Arabiya
Two US aid workers wounded in Gaza ‘attack': GHF
The US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said two American staff were wounded Saturday in an 'attack' on one of its aid centers in southern Gaza. 'This morning, two American aid workers were injured in a targeted terrorist attack during food distribution activities at SDS-3 in Khan Younis,' the organization said, adding that reports indicated it was carried out by 'two assailants who threw two grenades at the Americans.'
