Israeli army blames UN for ‘avoiding’ aid role in Gaza
The Israeli military’s agency for the coordination of goods into Gaza, COGAT, has accused the United Nations of failing to fulfil its role and not collecting humanitarian aid from the Gaza side of the Karem Abu Salem crossing, known as Kerem Shalom to the Israelis.
“With the renewed entry of Humanitarian Aid to the Gaza Strip, we have reached out to all humanitarian aid organizations and the international community – and called for them to take part in the distribution of aid to Gazan civilians,” COGAT said in a statement.
“However, in the past few days, the UN has avoided fulfilling its role and instead continues to spread false and incorrect information regarding civilian distress.”
The comments come after the Israeli-backed foundation, tasked with bringing aid into Gaza, had one of its facilities swarmed by Palestinians desperate for food after nearly three months of a total blockade.
Blame Hamas, Blame the UN, Blame the world, never admit your own failures.
Despite chaos in Gaza, Israel and GHF claim food distribution went to plan
When you look at the statements from the Israeli military and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, they say that everything went according to plan today.
They say they were able to distribute meals, and that the chaos that happened in the southern Gaza city of Rafah was just Palestinians in a large number who came to get food parcels, and that the American food contractors simply backed away. So they essentially downplayed everything that happened.
They say that Palestinians can still go to these four distribution points to pick up more food during certain hours. But they are not really acknowledging the fact that this chaos ensued in the southern part of the Palestinian territory where three out of the four distribution points are. So it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
It’s worth remembering that the UN and other organisations, like the World Central Kitchen, who have been instrumental in providing aid to the Palestinian people throughout this war, have slammed the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. They are refusing to work with it and say it’s unethical, that there are a lot of unanswered questions, and that they are not doing a correct job with distributing this much-needed aid.
Israel’s army accused of ‘deliberate massacre’ during aid site chaos
Gaza’s Government Media Office says Israel’s military killed three Palestinians and wounded 46 others at a food distribution site in southern Rafah earlier. Seven other people are missing.
“The occupation forces, positioned in or around those areas, opened live fire on starving civilians who were lured to these locations under the pretense of receiving aid,” the press office said in a statement.
“What happened today in Rafah is a deliberate massacre and a full-fledged war crime, committed in cold blood against civilians weakened by over 90 days of siege-induced starvation.”
The office added: “This incident provides undeniable evidence of the Israeli occupation’s total failure in managing the humanitarian catastrophe it has deliberately created.”
