The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation states that the aid distribution sites have closed to carry out the 'maintenance' work.
The Humanitarian Foundation of Gaza (GHF), a gloomy organization backed by the United States and Israel, will not immediately resume the distribution aid in the territory devastated by the war after a full day closure on Wednesday, saying that operations will be restarted when the maintenance and repair work is completed in its distribution sites.
In a statement published on Facebook, the GHF said that “the distribution sites will not open as soon as” on Thursday morning and that “it would share information about the opening schedules as soon as the work is completed.”
The GHF also firmly urged help seekers who travel to their locations to “follow the routes” established by the Israeli army to “guarantee a safe step.”
The Israeli army warned the Palestinians on Wednesday that they did not approach GHF's help distribution sites, while the “reorganization work” was underway, saying that the access roads to those places would be “considered combat areas.”
Apparently, the Israel Army has not issued any new directive on the safety of GHF distribution sites, since they remain closed for a second day.
The suspension of the distribution of GHF food supplies in Gaza occurs after the Israeli forces opened fire against the Palestinians looking for help for the fourth time near a GHF distribution site in Rafah, south of Gaza, early on Tuesday.
The Israeli attack killed at least 27 people and wounded about 90 more, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health.
On Sunday, Israeli forces opened fire against thousands of help search engines near the same site in Rafah, killing at least 31 people and wounding more than 150, according to the Gaza Civil Defense Agency. A person was also shot dead in another site for aid distribution, south of the Netzarim corridor in Center of Gaza, the same day.
Then, on Monday, three more people died and about 30 were injured when the Israeli forces reopened the fire near the Rafah of GHF distribution site.
Incidents of unprecedented massive victims'
The Israeli army had denied the reports of its troops fired to civilians near or within the AID distribution site of GHF on Sunday, saying that their forces only fired the people who did not use “designated access routes.”
The Israeli army spokesman, Effie Defrin, said that the soldiers only fired towards the people who “approached in a way they endangered” the troops.
The GHF, which began the distribution operations of chaotic aid on May 26, has also labeled reports that help applicants are killed in large amounts of “direct manufactures”, claiming that it has not yet seen evidence of an attack in or near its facilities.
The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) confirmed that it received an “influx of mass victims of 179 cases” after Sunday attack, including 21 patients who were “declared dead upon arrival.” Women and children were among the victims, the group said, and most suffered “shooting or shrapnel wounds.”
The ICRC also warned that the Palestinians in Gaza face an “unprecedented scale and frequency of recent incidents of massive victims.”
The reports of aid applicants killed by Israeli forces during the last days have led to international outrage, and the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, demands independent investigation into deaths and that the “perpetrators are responsible.”
The United Kingdom on Wednesday asked for an “immediate and independent research” on mortal incidents. The Minister of the Middle East of the United Kingdom, Hamish Falconer, said the deaths were “deeply disturbing”, and called the new “inhuman” Israel aid measures.
Israel continues to advance with its broader assault on Gaza, with at least 48 people killed in attacks through the strip on Wednesday, according to Gaza's civil defense. Among the victims were at least 18 people killed in a strike in a tent that protects the Palestinians displaced in southern Khan Younis.
At least 54,418 Palestinians have been killed and 124,190 injured since Israel launched its war against Gaza in October 2023, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health of the Enclave.
On Wednesday, the United States once again vetoed a resolution draft of the UN Security Council that demanded access to humanitarian aid without obstacles through Gaza and a “high immediate, unconditional and permanent fire.”
