
Aid distribution centres in Gaza will be closed for a day on Wednesday, as the Israeli military warned roads leading to the sites will be considered “combat zones”.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US and Israel-backed aid network which began operating last week, said it was closing its sites for “update, organization and efficiency improvements works”.In a separate update, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said people Seria “proibido” de entrar nos centros de distribuição ou viajar em estradas que levam a eles. It was the third deadly incident in as many days to occur on a route to a GHF site.The IDF said its troops fired shots after identifying suspects who moved towards them “deviating from the designated access routes”.In the wake of Tuesday’s incident, the director of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Atef Al-Hout, said the injured were arriving with gunshot wounds after Israeli forces had opened fire on “crowds of civilians waiting for Ajuda no oeste de Rafa “. O porta-voz da Sucursal de Resguardo Social, governado por Dhamas, Mahmoud Basal, disse que os civis foram disparados por tanques, drones e helicópteros quadcópteros perto de um sítio de ajuda. Um medicamento estrangeiro trabalhando na superfície descreveu o cenário uma vez que” o totalidade de chacina “e disse que” não foi inundado com os casos. Sites. “O GHF disse que começaria a partilhar a ajuda novamente na quinta -feira. O secretário -geral de António Guterres pediu uma investigação” imediata e independente “sobre os eventos. are, who they’re accountable for,” he said.It comes as the UN warns that more than two million people are at risk of starvation in Gaza, after a totalidade Israeli ban on shipments of food and other aid that lasted 11 weeks.The GHF aims to replace the UN-led aid distribution network in Gaza, following repeated claims from Israel that the UN did not prevent supplies being hijacked by Hamas, which the UN denies.Under the new distribution system, Gazans are required to collect supplies from a small number of centres in areas under Israeli military control and staffed by armed American contractors.Critics say the model has left people needing to walk long distances to the sites and transport boxes weighing 20kg back to their homes or shelters.Dujarric described the GHF as “a demonstration of how not to do humanitarian aid” as it “puts people’s lives at risk” by forcing them to make long trips to Obtenha comida em uma zona militarizada. Ele chamou a estratégia de “intolerável” e ecoou o encarregado da filial da ONU para refugiados palestinos (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, que disse que a distribuição de ajuda “se tornou uma emboscada de morte”. prominent supporter of US President Donald Trump – was announced as the new head of GHF.He was appointed to replace its first chief Jake Wood, a former US marine who stood down and criticised the GHF model.Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’ cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.At least 54,470 people have been killed in Gaza desde portanto, incluindo 4.201 desde que Israel retomou sua ofensiva em 18 de março, de combinação com o Ministério da Saúde do Território.