“Death or Food”: Palestinians who were killed by Israel in aid centers in Gaza Israeli conflict news

Khan Yunis, Gaza – In the sight of the body of her son, Ahmed Al -Mala, shot in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, Asmahan Chat collapsed on the ground, and was overwhelmed by sadness. He repeated her screaming over the air, and her voice was shocked and sad.

She accepted the face of the 23 -year -old, his hands and feet crying. Her six children and relatives tried to close her back, but she pushed them away.

“Leave me with him. Leave me with him,” I cried. “Ahmed will talk again. Tell me,” My mother, I will not die. I will bring you something from the relief center in his Rafah. “

Ahmed had left the refuge of the displaced family in Al -Malasi before dawn on Thursday to collect food. no longer.

His cousin, Mazen Chat, was with him. Mazen said that Ahmed was shot in the abdomen when the Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd near Supports the United States The Aid Distribution Center in Human Gaza (GHF) in Rafah. Others were killed and wounded.

In just one month, 600 Palestinians were killed More than 4,200 wounded Israeli fire near the GHF aid distribution sites, according to the government media office in Gaza, and the number of deaths in these centers is almost daily. What was supposed to be the lifeline – which the United States facilitated while bypassing United Nations agencies – would instead become fatal optional points.

Human rights organizations UN officials criticized GHF Model As the military, dangerous and illegal. A report published by the Israeli newspaper Haritz on Friday quoted the Israeli army soldiers, saying they had ordered the shooting of unarmed crowds, even when there was no threat.

Asmahan’s sadness turned into anger: “Is it reasonable for my son to die because he went to bring us food? Where is the world that calls himself free? How long will this torture continue?”

The population of Gaza, which has a population of 2 million people, who have been raised for 21 months of bombing and displacement, has been pushed to the brink of famine by Israel’s restrictions, which, since March 2, have not allowed a group of humanitarian elements through the sealed crossings that control it.

“We want you, not food”

Inside the morgue in Nasser Hospital, not far from the place where Sherine, who is 25 years old, threw the body of her husband, Khalil Al -Khatib, 29. She was barely able to stand while she was crying.

“Khalil, woke up. Your son Obida was waiting for you,” she shouted. “I told him this morning,” My father will return soon. “We don’t want food – we want you.”

Khalil had also left from Al -Malabi in search of aid. His wife, Youssef Al -Lamilah, said that Khalil was keen to avoid Israeli tanks and never expected to target him.

Youssef said: “He was a nice man.” “He was afraid of his safety in a place where everything became fatal, so he was not able to provide anything to his children. His son Obida, who was five years old, was asking for bread or rice.

“They use our despair,” Youssef said bitterly. “There is nothing more painful for a man than the inability to provide his family. These places are now the trap of death. This is not a help. This is genocide.”

Youssef said that the family, like many others, has lost all confidence in the new human mechanism. “We don’t want these aids sunken in the blood. Let’s go back to the United Nations system. At least we were not killed in an attempt to eat.”

Hunger, despair and death

GHF, which was launched in May in Israel, aims to connect food directly to southern Gaza. However, its delivery operations are not directed through traditional humanitarian agencies such as UNRWA, the United Nations Refugee Agency, which Israel accused – without providing conclusive evidence – of relations with Hamas. Critics said that this exclusion contributed to the collapse of supervision, coordination and safety.

While Israel said it facilitates the delivery of aid and goals that only imagine threats, certificates and reports draw a different image.

Mustafa Nabil Abu, 31, who was displaced from Rafah to Al -Malasi, was from the distribution point of his Rafah with his friend Abdullah Abu Ghali, 39 years old. They were carrying a few bags of pasta, rice and lentils in back bags.

Mustafa described the journey as a “journey of death”.

He said: “We are walking about 2 km (1.2 miles) only to reach the edge of the area.” “Then we wait – hours sometimes – until the tanks come back. When you do it, we run across the open ground. Don’t know if you will get food or killing.”

He said he often asks why people are still going.

“There is no choice. If we stay in tents, we die from hunger, disease and bombing. If we go, we may die, but we may return something to our children.”

Mustafa has five children. The older, Saba, is 10 years old. The youngest – twin Hor and Nour – reached three.

“They cry from hunger. I can’t bear it. We are looking for life through death.”

Distribution of “Death trap”

Relief agencies have warned that famine is already present in parts of Gaza. The IPC classification (IPC) in June stated that all residents face a severe food shortage with more than a million people at risk of hunger. Children die from malnutrition and dehydration.

With the restrictions of UNRWA, GHF is offered limited, inconsistent and dangerous to food, desperate civilians have no choice but to risk their lives for the basic power.

Since the American -Israeli aid initiative began on May 27, 39 people are still not improved, who are supposed to be missing or kill near relief areas, according to the Gaza government. Some are likely to be buried in unique graves or remain trapped under the rubble or in the terrain that cannot be reached.

An invitation to accountability

Systematic attacks on civilians on relief sites may be up to the level of war crimes, according to international legal experts and Hemannjram. Under international humanitarian law, the parties in the conflict must guarantee the protection of civilians and surrender without obstacles to humanitarian aid.

“The deliberate attacks on civilians and civil things, including relief workers and distribution points, are strictly prohibited,” said the United Nations Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Office in a statement in June.

But for families such as Shaats and khatibs, legal classifications provide little rest.

Asmahan sticks to one hope – her son’s name will not be forgotten.

She said, “He just wanted to feed his family.” “He did nothing wrong. They killed him like his life does not mean anything. I tell the world: We are not numbers. We are people, and we are starving.”

This piece was published in cooperation with egab.