Gaza sees new aid process after U.S.-backed groups take over operations – National
According to a U.S.-backed group, the new aid system in Gaza opened its first distribution hub on Monday, the group began providing food to Palestinians who face growing hunger after Israel’s nearly three-month lockdown of Hamas.
Despite the UN’s opposition, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is still taking over the aid. The desperately needed materials began to flow, and the day saw Israel strike killing at least 52 people in Gaza.
The group said the food on the truck (not saying much) had been shipped to the hub and distributed to Palestinians. It is not clear at the location of the hub or how to choose to receive supplies.
“More aid trucks will be provided tomorrow, with the daily flow of aid increasing,” the foundation said in a statement.
The United Nations and aid groups have resisted the new system supported by Israel and the United States. They asserted that Israel was trying to use food as a weapon and said the new system would not work.
Israel has pushed for an alternative aid program because it must stop Hamas from seizing aid. The United Nations denies that armed groups have diverted a large number.
The foundation begins operations the day after the executive director resigns. American Jake Wood said it was obvious that the foundation did not allow independent operation. It is unclear who is funding the group, which said it has appointed interim leader John Acree to replace Wood,
The organization is composed of former humanitarian, government and military officials. It said its distribution points will be protected by private security companies and by the end of this week, aid will reach one million Palestinians (about half of Gaza’s population).
Under pressure from allies, Israel began allowing humanitarian aid to enter Gaza last week after it blocked all food, medicines, fuel or other commodities since early March. Aid groups warned of the famine and said the aid coming in was far from enough to meet the growing demand.
Hamas warned Palestinians on Monday against working with the new aid system, saying it aims to promote those goals.
According to local health officials, the Israeli air strike killed at least 36 people in an eradicated person when people fell asleep, they fell asleep and burned their property. The military said it targeted militants operating from schools.
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Israel updated its offense in March after a ceasefire with Hamas. It vowed to seize control of Gaza and continue fighting until Hamas is destroyed or disarmed until the remaining 58 hostages, one third of which are believed to be alive, attacking the war from October 7, 2023.
Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped 251 people in the 2023 attack. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel's retaliatory offensive killed about 54,000 Palestinians. It said more than half of the dead were women and children, but did not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Israel said it plans to promote voluntary immigration it describes as more than 2 million people in Gaza, a plan rejected by Palestinians and many international communities.
Israel's military campaign destroyed the widespread region of Gaza and internally displaced about 90% of its population. Many people fled many times.
Rescuers recovered the burnt remains
The Ministry’s Emergency Services Head Fahmy Awad said a strike at a school near Daraj in Gaza City also injured dozens of people. He said a father and his five children were the dead. The Shifa and Al-Ahli hospitals in Gaza City confirmed the overall loss.
Awad said he was hit three times while sleeping in the school and caught fire on his property. Video circulating online shows rescuers working to put out the fire and restore the burnt remains.
The military said it targeted an armed command and control center within the school, which Hamas and Islamic jihadism used to collect attack intelligence. Israel blames Hamas for civilian deaths because it operates in residential areas.
Another strike killed 16 members of the same family, including five women and two children, in a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza, according to the SHIFA Hospital, which received the body.
Palestinian militants fired three projectiles from Gaza, two of whom were lacking in the territory, and were intercepted for the third time, according to the Israeli military.
Supernationalists march in East Jerusalem and break into the United Nations compound
Israeli super internationalists gathered in Jerusalem on Monday to attend the annual parade marking Israel's 1967 conquest of the eastern part of the city. Some protesters chanted “Arab deaths” and harassed Palestinian residents.
Police maintained close surveillance while demonstrators danced and sang. The event threatens tensions that flood the Gaza war nearly 600 days ago.
A few hours ago, a small group of protesters, including members of the Israeli Parliament, attacked a compound belonging to the UN Palestinian refugee agency in East Jerusalem, and Israel was banned. The hospital has been mostly empty since January, and staff were asked to leave due to safety reasons. The United Nations said the compound is protected by international law.
Madi reported on Cairo. Julia Frankel of Jerusalem in Tel Aviv, Israel contributed to the report.
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