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This comes after fifty people were killed over the weekend heading to a U.S. and Israeli-backed aid site in Rafah. More than 170 others were also hurt.
People stampeded and shots were fired as a Trump-backed plan to distribute food in Gaza at sites guarded by armed contractors got started.
Conflicting accounts surround a deadly incident near a Gaza aid distribution point, prompting urgent calls for an independent investigation.
The embattled Israeli-backed aid group that began operating in Gaza earlier this week is not screening Palestinians at aid distribution sites, despite Israeli officials saying that additional security measures were a core reason for the creation of the new program.
A U.S.- and Israeli-backed private organization is overhauling the aid distribution system in Gaza. The United Nations says it undermines humanitarian principles.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are still struggling to get food even after Israel has eased its blockade and rolled out a new aid distribution system. Experts have warned of famine. Associated Press photos taken this week show a
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The Times of Israel on MSNUS- and Israel-backed Gaza aid group says it handed out over 18,500 food boxes in 2 hours, without incidentThe post US- and Israel-backed Gaza aid group says it handed out over 18,500 food boxes in 2 hours, without incident appeared first on The Times of Israel.
A watchdog claims the U.K. warned of Hamas links in a Gaza aid program. The U.K. denies funds went to Hamas-run agencies, but critics call for greater transparency.