Aid distribution centers in Gaza to close them after the Palestinian deaths

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The US -backed collective aid centers in Gaza said that it will close the centers inside the besieged tape on Wednesday, hours after the local Ministry of Health said that the Israeli soldiers had killed more than twenty Palestinians.

The Gaza Humanitarian Corporation said in a statement that it was closing the distribution centers “for modernization, organization and efficiency.” She would resume operations on Thursday.

An Israeli military spokesman warned residents Gaza Against the transition in areas that lead to centers, and considered them “combat areas,” according to Reuters.

The transfer to GHF came to close the centers temporarily after the Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli soldiers opened fire and killed 27 people and wounded dozens while they were waiting for help in Rafah Governorate in the south Gaza.

This was the latest in a series of deadly accidents, as the US -backed GHF aid in Gaza was presented last week.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said that her field hospital in Rafah had received 184 victims, as he announced 19 killers upon his arrival and eight more deaths than their wounds shortly.

The Israeli army said that its soldiers opened fire after they saw many people moving towards them and “deviating from the specific access ways”, and that he was looking into the accident.

GHF said it was aware of the losses reports, but it occurred in “an area that exceeds our safe distribution site and our operations area.”

The shooting on Tuesday was the third incident of the killings near the GHF administration sites in three days, after the unknown group was previously replaced by the United Nations as the main channel of the aid connections in Gaza.

Gaza officials said 31 people were killed on Sunday after the Israeli army opened fire towards the hungry crowds heading to the new relief centers, and that three others were killed in similar circumstances on Monday.

On Sunday, the Israeli army said that “civilians were not shot while they were near or inside the humanitarian distribution site.”

On Monday, her soldiers shot people “advanced towards the forces and pose a threat to them” about one kilometer from a relief site, which was closed at that time.

Repeated incidents prompted an international condemnation, with the Secretary -General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres and its human rights commissioner, Volcker Turk, calling for the investigation of killings. On Friday, the United Nations warned the entire Gaza population Because of the risk of starvation.

“The deadly attacks on civilians who are trying to reach food sums in Gaza are unreasonable,” said on Tuesday, adding an obstacle to food and other assistance to civilians, “a war crime may be a war.”

He added: “The Palestinian options have been offered: they die from hunger or risk killing while trying to reach the little food that is provided through the humanitarian humanitarian assistance to Israel.”

Israel He repeatedly said that he is compatible with international law in Gaza.

Under the new relief distribution model, Ghazan must travel – in many cases for long distances – to receive packed meals from the distribution centers guaranteed by security contractors in the United States and the Israeli army.

Israel prevented all delivery of food, fuel, medicines and aid to the pocket for more than two months, before allowing the minimum UN-LED delivery and the introduction of the GHF system last week.

Israel says that the regime is designed to prevent the fall in the hands of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that caused the October 7, 2023 attack on the Jewish state to the war in Gaza.

But the United Nations and other relief groups say they have not seen any major aid transfer and accused Israel using the new regime to exploit the despair of the Palestinians who are starving to remove them to southern Gaza.

GHF has created four new centers, but during the past five days, only one day has been operated.

The group suffered from a setback last week, when the CEO, Jake Wood, resigned, saying: “It is clear that it is not possible to implement this plan with the strict adherence to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, effectiveness and independence.”

GHF said on Tuesday that she appointed Johnny Moore, an American businessman and an evangelical leader, as her CEO.