Rafah: The Gaza Government Media Office has condemned deadly attacks on US-backed aid distribution sites, confirming that Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and wounded 115 others at a site in Rafah.
This tragic event raises the total casualties at such aid points to at least 39 killed and over 220 injured in less than a week. The government described these locations not as humanitarian relief centers but as “mass death traps,” highlighting the deadly consequences of gathering starving civilians in exposed areas.
In a strong statement, Gaza officials accused Israel and the United States of weaponizing humanitarian aid. They charged that the aid sites are deliberately used as tools of war to manipulate and coerce the desperate population, forcing them into vulnerable positions under military control and surveillance.
The Gaza Government holds both the Israeli occupation and the US administration fully morally and legally responsible for these attacks, accusing them of systematically endangering and blackmailing civilians amid the ongoing conflict.
This assertion sheds light on the extreme dangers faced by Palestinians seeking basic aid in Gaza and the deadly risks inherent in the current humanitarian framework, which critics say is exploited as part of a wider strategy in the war.
