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Main events on June 7th
- Israeli forces have killed more than 70 Palestinians across Gaza, including 16 people in an attack on a house in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
- The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it cannot distribute aid because Hamas has issued “direct threats” against its operations. Hamas did not immediately comment on the claims.
- Israeli forces say they recovered the body of Natthapong Pintawho, a Thai national taken captive during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and held in Gaza.
- An aid boat with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, was nearing Gaza in a bid to challenge the Israeli blockade on the Strip.
- Hamas has confirmed that the secretary-general of the Mujahideen movement, Sheikh Asaad Abu Sharia, was killed in an Israeli attack on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Gaza aid distributor defends effort after spate of deadly attacks
The new head of the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has defended its efforts despite the killing of dozens of Palestinians seeking to get whatever food they can to feed their starving families.
“I fundamentally disagree with the premise that our operation is somehow disproportionately imperilling people,” Executive Chairman Johnnie Moore told ABC News.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 118 Palestinians trying to get food have been killed over the past two weeks. Moore said the killings occurred because “somehow people veered off the secure corridor”, describing the deadly shootings as “a tragedy”.
Critics have accused the GHF’s aid distribution operation as being part of Israel’s military strategy to force Gaza people into a tiny corridor in the south. Moore said that’s “simply not true”.
While the GHF has only four aid points, the UN and aid organisations have 400 well-established sites. However, Israel refuses to allow food, water, or medicine into Gaza through the UN-led effort.
