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Aid points Israel’s ‘last card’ in expelling Palestinians from Gaza

The chaos at the aid centre is the result of the refusal to listen to people who have 80 years of experience at organisations such as UNRWA.

They are dealing with two million starved people. The civilians of Gaza are obviously trying to get just any piece of food for their children.

And how logical is this claim they are doing this aid distribution to separate civilians from Hamas?

Critics say Israel established these distribution points only in the south to encourage people – or even to force them – to flee from the north. This is a clear plan for the complete expulsion of the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip.

It didn’t work before. No amount of starvation, no amount of killing, no amount of bombing has convinced them or forced them to move from northern Gaza where their homes are.

Now this is the last card that Israel has, which is to force them by starvation to the south where the distribution is taking place. If Israel gets its way, we will end up with a real concentration camp in the south.


A displaced Palestinian receives a food package from a US-backed foundation pledging to distribute humanitarian aid in Rafah, southern Gaza


BBC's story

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cev41em3r9lo

BBC doesn't mention any of the troubles of course.

Israel’s weaponisation of food ‘shameful and must stop’

Tamer Qarmout, an associate professor of public policy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, has said Israel’s weaponisation of food was behind the “horrific” and “tragic” scenes at the aid distribution site in Rafah.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, he denounced global inaction in the face of a “man-made disaster” unfolding in Gaza as the starvation crisis worsens.

“Aid used to be distributed in an organised manner once it was available in Gaza. But the moment [Israel] started weaponising food, weaponising aid, this is the outcome we get,” Qarmout said.

“There is still a paralysed international community that is watching this, that is allowing these scenes to happen … allowing a criminal state to experiment with people,” he added.

“In this modern century, this is shameful and it should stop.”


‘Gunshots’ fired to disperse people from aid distribution area

While there is a lot of chaos going on in the Tal as-Sultan area of Rafah in southern Gaza, the situation remains extremely difficult in the northern part of the Strip as well. It’s unlikely Palestinians there are going to see aid anytime soon. Today, we’ve seen what desperation can do to people, how hunger can lead to violence and chaos.

There are reports talking about the Israeli military trying to secure a safe corridor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation employees out of the area as thousands of people surrounded it trying to get to food.

In response, forces fired machine guns in the air to disperse people. This highlights the risk Palestinians are taking right now just to feed their hunger.