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SvennoJ on 06 June 2025
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At least 110 Palestinians killed seeking aid since GHF began: Gaza gov’t

Gaza’s Government Media Office has released a breakdown of casualties linked to the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution points in Gaza.

It says that since the distribution centres began operations in late May, Israeli forces have killed 110 Palestinians and injured 583. At least nine people are reported missing.

Here’s a detailed look at the casualties:

  • May 27: Three killed, 46 injured, and seven missing in Rafah
  • May 28: 10 killed and 62 injured in Rafah
  • June 1: 35 killed and 200 injured in Rafah; one killed, 32 injured, and 2 missing at the Wadi Gaza Bridge
  • June 2: 26 killed and 92 injured in Rafah
  • June 3: 27 killed and 90 injured in Rafah
  • June 6: Eight killed and 61 injured in Rafah

That's 583 injured tallied up next to 110 killed, 9 missing.

World watching ‘starvation experiment’ in Gaza

That is according to International Crisis Group (ICG) analysts Robert Blecher and Chris Newton, who have analysed Israel’s policy of starvation against Palestinians in Gaza.

“The world, it seems, is witnessing an experiment: an attempt to indefinitely maintain Gaza’s population below the famine threshold while turning food into a weapon of war,” they wrote in an article today.

The pair said that while much of the public debate around humanitarian assistance for Gaza focuses on the number of aid trucks being allowed into the enclave, the real issue is “the deliberate strategy of calibrated deprivation that has left Palestinians in the Strip facing life-threatening hunger”.

“The goal must be food security, not truck tallies – which means ending the starvation policy itself,” they wrote.

“Whether through ad hoc closures or ‘fortified hubs’, integrating starvation into military strategy exposes a fundamental truth. When a government admits it cannot win without keeping millions at death’s edge, the response cannot be technical adjustments,” they continued.

“Gaza’s survival requires ending both the war and the starvation policy Israel deems essential to victory.”


‘Families are hanging on by a thread’: WFP

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has reiterated a call for unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza, where the entire population faces the threat of famine.

“People are struggling and the situation is extremely dire in Gaza,” a WFP official named Martina said in a video shared on X. “We have never seen it as difficult as it is now.”



‘Militarised aid’ in Gaza ‘wasting time children don’t have’ NGO chief says

The president of the NGO Save the Children has said the militarisation of aid by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has created chaos and is putting the lives of more than 1 million children at risk in Gaza.

“The GHF’s militarised aid hubs are wasting time that children do not have. It is unthinkable that civilians threatened with looming famine have been killed while seeking food. Rather than saving lives, even more people are dying at these so-called ‘humanitarian’ sites,” Janti Soeripto said in a statement.

“Over one million children in Gaza are struggling to survive, but humanitarians are being prevented from delivering them the aid that would save their lives while the international community does nothing to help.”

Soeripto said the Save the Children team in Gaza continues to provide the services they can, but that Israel continues to block essential supplies that remain stuck in the NGO’s trucks and warehouses.

“Thousands of children and babies in Gaza have been killed. We know what is needed to prevent further death and suffering: a definitive ceasefire and full humanitarian access and aid into Gaza,” she said.

“It is unconscionable that we’re wasting precious time not making both things a reality.”