(10 Jun 2025)
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Khan Younis – 10 June 2025
1. Various of thousands of people heading to aid distribution center
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salim Shurrab, from Khan Younis:
"My family consists of 10 to 12 people, we are unable to get food, drink, flour or anything. If I wanted to go to the market now to buy a few vegetables, I couldn’t because I don’t have any income. We are unable to buy vegetables, we can’t eat or drink, we can’t have flour or anything. This is a lifeless existence. We are slowly dying."
3. Various of crowds of people on their way to receive aid
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Firas Redan, displaced from east of Khan Younis:
"We have been coming for two days, and as you can see, we don’t take anything. Two people came with me, Fares Abu Lebdeh, may God have mercy on him, he was martyred. Also, Alaa Abu Radwan, who gave me this bag, and told me: ‘if you bring food, deliver it to my children’. I swear to God they took the loaf last night, as his wife came crying and said there is no bread. I gave her a loaf."
5. Various of people carrying bags of aid and walking back
6. Various of crowds of people walking back after aid distribution point closed
STORYLINE:
Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired toward crowds making their way to a food distribution point run by an Israeli and U.S.-supported group in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing three people and wounding scores.
The Israeli military said it fired warning shots at people it referred to as suspects who it said had advanced toward its troops hundreds of meters (yards) from the aid site prior to its opening hours.
Experts and humanitarian aid workers say Israel’s blockade and 20-month military campaign have pushed Gaza to the brink of famine.
Around 130 people have been killed in a number of shootings near aid sites run by the Israeli and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which are in military zones that are off-limits to independent media.
The Israeli military has acknowledged firing warning shots on previous occasions at people who it says approached its forces in a suspicious manner.
The foundation says there has been no violence in or around the distribution points themselves.
But it has warned people to stay on designated access routes and it paused delivery last week while it held talks with the military on improving safety.
Two men and a child were killed and at least 130 were wounded on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for al-Awda Hospital, which received the casualties.
He said most were being treated for gunshot wounds.
Crowds of Palestinians seeking desperately needed food often head to the sites hours before dawn, hoping to beat the crowds.
Salim Shurrab, from Khan Younis, said that he couldn’t receive any aid supplies for his family, which has 12 members.
Unable to buy food from the market either, him and his family are left starving.
"This is a lifeless existence. We are slowly dying," he added.
Israel and the United States say they set up the new food distribution system to prevent Hamas from stealing humanitarian aid and using it to finance militant activities.
The United Nations, which runs a longstanding system capable of delivering aid to all parts of Gaza, says there is no evidence of any systematic diversion.
U.N. agencies and major aid groups have refused to cooperate with the new system, saying it violates humanitarian principles by allowing Israel to decide who receives aid and by forcing Palestinians to relocate to just three currently operational sites.
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