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BBC News
13 hours ago
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- BBC News
Newshour UN calls for investigation into Gaza aid stations deaths
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for an independent investigation into the reported killing on Sunday of at least thirty-one Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution centre in Gaza. Israel denied that their forces fired at people near the site. UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, tells us the incident shows Israel's disregard for Palestinian civilians. Also in the programme: Russia stands by its hard line demands at ceasefire talks in Istanbul, and the French parliament votes to posthumously promote Alfred Dreyfus, in an attempt to right one of histories most infamous anti-Semitic scandals (Picture: Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli army attacks near the American aid center in Rafah and the Muin area and Salahaddin Street in the east of Khan Yunis are being sent to their last journeys by their relatives at Nasser Medical Center in Khan Yunis city, Gaza on June 2, 2025. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
LBCI
16 hours ago
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- LBCI
Israeli army issues evacuation warning for west of Gaza's Khan Yunis
The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for residents of several western parts of Gaza's Khan Yunis on Monday, saying Hamas was operating in those areas. "The Israeli military will operate with intense force in the areas where you are present," Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee told residents, noting that the order did not include Al-Amal hospital. "For your safety, evacuate immediately west to Al-Mawasi." AFP
CNA
18 hours ago
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- CNA
UN chief calls for probe into deaths near Gaza aid site
Asked for comment, the army said only that "strikes were conducted toward terror targets in northern Gaza". The Israeli military also issued an evacuation order for parts of Khan Yunis on Monday. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says at least 4,201 people have been killed in the territory since Israel resumed its offensive on Mar 18, taking the war's overall toll to 54,470, mostly civilians. Hamas's 2023 attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, also mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Khaleej Times
a day ago
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- Khaleej Times
Father of six killed 'for piece of bread' during Gaza aid distribution
Cries of grief echoed across southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital Monday as dozens came to mourn Hossam Wafi, after the father of six was killed while attempting to get supplies to feed his family. His mother, Nahla Wafi, sobbed uncontrollably over her son, who was among 31 people killed by Israeli fire while trying to reach a food distribution site the previous day, according to the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency. "He went to get food for his daughters — and came back dead," said Nahla Wafi, who lost two sons and a nephew on Sunday. Hossam Wafi had travelled with his brother and nephew to a newly established distribution centre in the southern city of Rafah. "They were just trying to buy (flour). But the drone came down on them," his mother said, as she tried to comfort four of her granddaughters in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. Israel has faced growing condemnation over the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has warned the entire population faces the risk of famine. 'Go there and get bombed' The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that its field hospital in Rafah received 179 cases on Sunday, including 21 pronounced dead on arrival. The ICRC said that all those wounded "said they had been trying to reach an aid distribution site", and that "the majority suffered gunshot or shrapnel wounds". Israeli authorities and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US and Israeli-backed outfit that runs the distribution centres, denied any such incident took place. The military instead said that troops fired "warning shots" at people who approached them one kilometre away from the Rafah distribution site before dawn. A witness told AFP thousands of people gathered at the area, known locally as the Al-Alam junction, between 2am and 4am (2300 GMT and 0100 GMT) in the hopes of reaching the distribution centre. At Nasser Hospital, Hossam Wafi's young daughters called out for their father, kissing his body wrapped in a white shroud, before it was taken away. Outside the hospital, dozens of men stood in silence before the body, praying. Some cried as the remains were taken away, one of them holding the father's face until he was gently pulled away. His uncle, Ali Wafi, told AFP he felt angry his nephew was killed while trying to get aid. "They go there and get bombed — airstrikes, tanks, shelling — all for a piece of bread," he said. "He went for a bite of bread, not for anything else. What was he supposed to do? He had to feed his little kids. And the result? He's getting buried today," he added. Militarised aid The deaths in Rafah were one of two deadly incidents reported by Gaza's civil defence agency on Sunday around the GHF centres, which the UN says contravene basic humanitarian principles and appear designed to cater to Israeli military objectives. There have been several other reports of chaotic scenes and warning shots fired in connection with the distribution sites over the past week. The UN's humanitarian agency (OCHA) published a video of one such distribution site in central Gaza's Netzarim corridor on Thursday. A large crowd is seen gathered around four long corridors made from metal fences installed in the middle of an arid landscape, corralling men and women into files to receive flour. The distribution site and its waiting area sit on a flattened piece of land surrounded by massive mounds of soil and sand. It is manned by English-speaking security guards travelling in armoured vehicles. Palestinians exiting the distribution area carry cardboard boxes sometimes bearing a "GHF" logo, as well as wooden pallets presumably to be repurposed as fuel or structures for shelter. In the large crowd gathered outside the gated corridors, some men are seen shoving each other, and one woman complains that her food package was stolen. Hossam Wafi's uncle Ali said he wished Gaza's people could safely get aid. "People take the risk (to reach the distribution site), just so they can survive."
Yahoo
2 days ago
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IDF says it's investigating attack near Rafah aid distribution point
The alleged Israeli attack on a Gaza aid distribution point killed at least 31 people, according to Palestinian and Hamas-affiliated media. The IDF on Sunday said that it was unaware of injuries caused by military gunfire within the humanitarian distribution zone, after news of an alleged Israeli attack in the area killed at least 31, according to Palestinian and Hamas-affiliated media. The IDF later said that the matter is being reviewed. The attack was reportedly carried out near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF) distribution center in Rafah in southern Gaza. On Thursday, the GHF opened its thirdfood distribution center, located in central Gaza. Two other food centers previously opened near Rafah in deep southern Gaza, and one more is still due to open in Khan Yunis in mid-southern Gaza. Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report. This is a developing story.
