Two US aid workers with America and Israel Gaza Humanitarian Foundation On Saturday, an attack on a food distribution site was injured in Southern Gaza. The organization claimed that the attack was carried out by Hamas, but did not give further evidence.
The GHF said that the attackers threw grenades at a distribution site at Khan Younis in Southern Gaza. The Foundation later posted a picture of pieces of explosive equipment and claimed, without providing evidence, that it was exploded by Hamas’s militants. It said that injuries were not a threat to life, and both people were attracted to medical attention.
Meanwhile, 14 people were killed in the Israeli air strike in the Gaza strip, hospital officials in Gaza told the Associated Press on Saturday.
According to Nasir Hospital in Khan Younis, the tent hit a tent in the Muwasi area at the southern end of the Mediterranean coast of Gaza, killing seven people, including a Palestinian doctor and three children, according to the Nasir Hospital of Khan Younis.
Four other people were killed in Bani Suhaila city of Southern Gaza, and three people were killed in three separate strikes in Khan Younis. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the attacks.
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The latest bloodshed comes as the US -led ceasefire efforts, which aims to stop the war of about 21 months, which is gaining momentum.
Hamas Gave a “positive” response On the latest American proposal for the 60-day truste late Friday night, but said further interactions were required on the implementation.
Hamas is demanding guarantee that the initial Trus will take to the total end of the war and return to Israeli soldiers from Gaza. Hamas has also said that they want to provide special assistance by the United Nations and its partners, and that the GHF be closed.
President is trump Push for an agreement And to discuss a deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin is set to host Netanyahu at the White House next week. Netanyahu refuses to end the first war until all the hostages are freed and Hamas’s military and governing capacity is permanently destroyed.
“We can’t bear it anymore,” brother -in -law Abu Odeh told CBS on Saturday morning. He said that he has been displaced countless times within the war -torn area. “We pray that there will be a ceasefire in regardless of the demands. Just agree and let people breathe.”
Palestinians demanded food
In addition to those killed in an airstrike, 10 Palestinians were killed Demand for food Gaza Hospital officials told The Associated Press. The hospital said that eight were killed near a GHF aid distribution site in the southern city of Rafah. A Palestinian was also killed near another GHF point in Rafa. It was not clear how far the Palestinians were from the sites.
GHF denied that the murders took place near his sites. Earlier, the organization has said that no one has shot at its sites, which are Protected by private contractors But only Israeli military positions can be accessed by passing hundreds of meters away. CBS News had earlier reported that a contractor said that his colleague had firing in the crowd at a support site.
The army had no immediate remarks, but said that this warning firing shots as a rush-control measure and its purpose is only with those when its soldiers are threatened.
Nasir Hospital officials said that a Palestinian was killed in the crowd for aid trucks in East Khan Unis. The United Nations and other international organizations bring their supply to assistance. It was not clear which organization aid trucks for Palestinians were waiting for, but the incident was not related to GHF operations.
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The crowd of Palestinians often wait for trucks and rob or rob its content before reaching its destinations. These trucks will have to pass through areas under Israeli military control. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the incident.
The GHF- a US- and the Israeli-supported initiative means to bypass to the United Nations- distributes assistance from four sites that are surrounded by Israeli soldiers, three of which are south of Gaza.
The United Nations and other human groups have rejected the GHF system, saying that it allows Israel to be used as a weapon, violates human principles and is not effective.
Israel says that Hamas is closing the support distributed by the United Nations – a claim that the United Nations refuses. Hamas has urged Palestinians not to cooperate with GHF.
DHF, who is registered in Delaware, began to distribute food to Palestinians in May, which says that through Israeli soldiers, Israeli soldiers opened fire to the crowds on the roads leading to the distribution points. According to Hamas-Run Gaza Ministry and witnesses, several hundred people have been killed and hundreds have been injured.
After attacking Israel on October 7, 2023 in Hamas, the war in Gaza closed, causing some 1,200 people killed and 250 others hostage. According to Hamas-Run Gaza Health Ministry, Israel has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, which displaced almost all of Gaza’s 2 million people and left many people on the edge of the famine.
The ministry is headed by Gaza’s Hamas government -employed medical professionals. It does not distinguish between citizens and fighters, but its figures are seen as the most reliable figures on war castes by the United Nations and other international organizations.
Debora Patta contributed to this report.