A group of the United States and Israeli -backed by Israelis who received aid in Gaza said on Friday that all its distribution sites had closed until further notice, and urged residents to stay away from these places “for their safety” after a series of deadly shootings.
The Gaza Humanitarian Corporation (GHF), which began last week to distribute meals to the hungry Palestinians inside the crushed Gaza Strip, said that the date for reopening it will be announced later.
GHF opened two sites in southern Gaza on Thursday after all its centers were closed the day before the shooting of the fire in the vicinity of its operations. So far, it has operated four distribution centers.
The organization transcends traditional relief agencies and criticized humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations, due to the alleged lack of neutrality, which it denies.
GHF stopped the distributions on Wednesday and said that they are pressing the Israeli forces to improve civil safety, exceeding the vicinity of their operations after dozens of Palestinians were killed near RAFAH for three consecutive days.
The Israeli army said on Sunday and Monday that its soldiers fired warning shots. On Tuesday, the forces also fired warning footage before shooting at the Palestinians, which he said was advancing towards the forces. GHF said that the aid was safely distributed from its locations without any accident.
After a two -month ceasefire collapsed in March, Israel prevented aid supplies in Gaza for 11 weeks, prompting a warning against global hunger. Israel, which has partially lifted the siege since, all veterinary aid in Gaza and accuses Hamas of stealing some of them, which the armed group denies.
Israel has prepared an attack against the Hamas dominant group in Gaza since it broke the ceasefire two months ago in March in a war caused by the cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, led by Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization by many countries including Canada.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli army regained the bodies of the Israeli Canadian Judier Winstein and her husband, Gadi Hagai, the Israeli. The bodies have been held in Gaza by Hamas since 2023.
Initial attacks killed 1,200 people in Israel, Including many Canadian citizens.
About 251 hostages were taken, with about a few dozen believed to be alive, according to the Israeli government. While many remaining periodic exchanges of prisoners were released, the bodies of other hostages, including Canadian Citizen Judier and her husband this week.
Israel’s military campaign in response to these attacks killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, according to the health authorities in Gaza.
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