2 American relief workers who were injured at the food distribution site in Gaza; Palestinians die in air strikes and attempts to find food

Two American relief workers with the United States and Israel are supported Gaza Humanitarian Corporation They were injured in southern Gaza in an attack on the food distribution site on Saturday. The organization claimed that the attack was carried out by Hamas, but it did not provide other evidence.

GHF said that the attackers threw grenades at a distribution site in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. The Foundation later published a picture of the explosive device shrapnel and claimed, without providing evidence, that it was detonated by Hamas militants. She said that the injuries were not threatened with life, and the two men received medical attention.

Meanwhile, Israeli air strikes killed 14 people in the Gaza Strip.

The strikes struck tents in the Moasi area at the southern end of the Mediterranean coast in Gaza, killing seven people, including a Palestinian doctor and his three children, according to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.

Four others were killed in the town of Bani Sohaila in southern Gaza, and three people were killed in three different strikes in Khan Yunis. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the strikes.

The last bloodshed comes at a time when the efforts of the United States, which aims to stop a war for nearly 21 months to gain momentum.

agitation He gave a “positive” response Late Friday to the last American proposal to obtain a 60 -day truce, he said other talks about implementation were needed.

Hamas seeks guarantees that the initial truce will lead to a full end of the war and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. Hamas also said they want to deliver aid exclusively by the United Nations and its partners, and that the GHF is turned off.

President Trump was Pressure for an agreement Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to host in the White House next week to discuss a deal. Netanyahu has already ruled out the end of the war until all the hostages were released and the military capacity and the judgment of Hamas permanently destroyed.

“We cannot bear it anymore,” Saleh Abu Auday told CBS on Saturday morning. He said he had been displaced countless times inside a war -torn area. “We pray that there will be a ceasefire, regardless of the demands. Just agree and let people breathe.”

The Palestinians die in search of food

In addition to those who were killed in air strikes, 10 Palestinians were killed as they were Pill In a besieged pocket, Gaza Hospital officials at the Associated Press said. The hospital said eight were killed near the GHF aid distribution site in the southern city of Rafah. A Palestinian was also killed near another point of GHF in his Rafah. It was not clear to what extent was the Palestinians from the sites.

GHF denied that the killings occurred near their sites. Previously, the organization said that no one was shot on its locations Guard by private contractors But it can only be accessed by the passage of Israeli military sites hundreds of meters away. CBS News mentioned previously that the contractor Their colleague said shot In the crowd at one help site.

The army had no immediate comment, but he said it was shooting at warning footage as a measure to control the crowds and only aims at people when its forces are threatened.

Officials at Nasser Hospital said one of the Palestinians was killed, waiting for crowds of helpless help in eastern Khan Yunis. The United Nations and other international organizations provide their aid supplies. It was not clear that any truck organization that the Palestinians were waiting for to belong to, but it seems that the accident is not related to GHF operations.

Palestinian crowds often wait for trucks, empty or loot their contents before they reach their destinations. These trucks must pass through areas under Israeli military control. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the incident.

GHF- a United States and Israeli-backed initiative- is distributed from four locations surrounded by Israeli forces, three of which are in the far south of Gaza.

The United Nations and other humanitarian groups rejected the GHF system, saying it allows Israel to use food as a weapon, violates humanitarian principles, not effective.

Israel says Hamas was mocking the aid provided by the United Nations – a demand denied by the United Nations. Hamas urged the Palestinians not to cooperate with GHF.

GHF, which was registered in Dilayer, began distributing food in May to the Palestinians, who say that Israeli forces open fire almost every day towards crowds on roads heading to distribution points, through Israeli military areas. Several hundreds of people were killed and hundreds of others were injured, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza in Hamas and witnesses.

The war started in Gaza after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 250 others as a hostage. Israel has responded with an attack by killing more than 57,000 Palestinians, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza in Hamas, who afforely afforely all two people in Gaza, and left a lot on the brink of starvation.

The Ministry leads the medical professionals working in the Hamas government in Gaza. It does not differentiate between civilians and fighters, but its numbers are seen by the United Nations and other international organizations as the most reliable statistics on war losses.

Deborah Patta

He contributed to this report.