‘We hope to God that we will be rid of this war’
Palestinians are clinging to the hope that a ceasefire deal can be reached. Motasim, a displaced man in Deir el-Balah, said Palestinians would find a way to feed themselves as long as the war ends.
“We suffered, some of us died of hunger, no one cared about us, no Arab cares about us,” he said.
“We hope to God that we will be rid of this war. We want to stop the bloodshed. We don’t want aid from anyone. We will plant and feed ourselves. We hope to God that the bloodshed in Gaza will stop, the massacres that are taking place daily will stop. We are exhausted. I swear to God, we are exhausted.”
Abu Tamer Haniyeh, another displaced person, said: “A fundamental demand of every Palestinian, young and old, is to stop the war and establish calm so that aid can reach the people properly.”
Palestinians evacuate in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City, May 30
Another Palestinian killed in Israeli shooting at US-backed aid hub in central Gaza
We’ve been following an Israeli attack on the GHF’s aid site in southern Rafah, which killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 120 others. We are now getting reports of another deadly Israeli attack at another GHF site in central Gaza, near the so-called Netzarim Corridor.
At least one person has been killed and another wounded, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Israel preventing ambulances from reaching Rafah attack site: Gaza ambulance director
We’ve been reporting on the Israeli attack on the US-backed GHF aid site in Rafah that has killed at least 30 Palestinians and injured dozens.
The director of ambulance services in Gaza has now spoken to Al Jazeera about the attack, and the wider issues facing ambulance services in the coastal enclave.
- Israeli forces are preventing ambulances from reaching the bombing site in Rafah to provide aid to the wounded.
- Paramedics risk their lives to rescue the wounded from the Israeli bombing in Rafah [as they regularly come under direct attack].
- There are not enough ambulances to deal with the ongoing Israeli bombardment.
- Aid distribution centres have become centres of humiliation, and the international community must stop them.
Palestinians being killed while trying to secure ‘one meal for their children’
People are very stressed, and all they want is to feed their families, to secure one meal for their children.
This is why Palestinians have been going to these distribution points, despite the fact that they know that they are controversial. They [distribution points] are backed by the US and Israel, but they do not have any other option.
They’re saying that all we want, all we need, is to get food, and even the food parcels that were distributed to Palestinians are barely enough.
We’re talking about one kilo of flour, a couple of bags of pasta, a couple of cans of fava beans – and it’s not nutritious. It’s not enough for a family in Gaza nowadays. So, Palestinians are very very stressed and devastated. Whatever is coming in of the wheat flour and food is not distributed yet. And the situation is very, very dire.
