{"id":8589,"date":"2025-06-05T12:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/death-and-hunger-videos-expert-analysis-and-witnesses-point-to-israeli-gunfire-in-gaza-aid-site-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:24:47","slug":"death-and-hunger-videos-expert-analysis-and-witnesses-point-to-israeli-gunfire-in-gaza-aid-site-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/death-and-hunger-videos-expert-analysis-and-witnesses-point-to-israeli-gunfire-in-gaza-aid-site-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Death and hunger\u2019: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/editor-note\/instances\/cmbico6ru000d3b6kpgcd2pwn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"editor-note\" class=\"editor-note vossi-editor-note inline-placeholder \" data-article-gutter=\"true\">    <em>Editor\u2019s Note: This story contains graphic images and descriptions of violence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiarrhn00233b6mtb2h52t0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            More than a dozen eyewitnesses, including those wounded in the attack, said Israeli troops shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically through the early hours of Sunday morning. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US and Israeli-backed aid initiative that runs the site, said that Israeli forces were operating in the area during the same period.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/interactive-video\/instances\/cmbib4209002b3b6m7peo65pa@published\" class=\"interactive-video\" data-component-name=\"interactive-video\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"interactive-video__container\">            <video class=\"interactive-video__player\" loop=\"\" muted=\"\" autoplay=\"\" playsinline=\"\"><\/video>        <\/div>\n<div class=\"interactive-video__metadata\">\n<div class=\"interactive-video__caption\">                    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Ameen Khalifa, 30, filmed himself and others taking cover as gunfire erupted near the Al-Alam roundabout on Sunday. One of Khalifa&#8217;s friends told CNN he went back to the site on Tuesday to collect aid and was killed.<\/span><figcaption class=\"interactive-video__credit\">Ameen Khalifa<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapfr200003b6md0men65w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks. Multiple eyewitnesses said that they saw gunfire emanating from Israeli tanks nearby.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001l3b6m50hng6bz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initially said on Sunday that its forces did not fire at civilians \u201cwhile they were near or within the aid site.\u201d An Israeli military source later acknowledged that troops had fired \u201cwarning shots\u201d at suspects about 1 kilometer (1,093 yards) away.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001n3b6mmdw8toe6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            During a press conference on Tuesday, IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military investigated and found its troops played no role in any mass casualty event. Defrin said: \u201cThis week, it was claimed that the IDF fired at civilians in an aid distribution area. This report is entirely false and echoes the propaganda of the terrorist organization Hamas\u2026 Regarding the incident on Sunday \u2013 it simply didn\u2019t happen!\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001o3b6m8gycmz46@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Defrin also suggested casualty figures provided by the Palestinian health ministry were inflated, but did not elaborate as to how many people the military believed had been killed or injured.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001p3b6mkb1r399d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Sunday\u2019s mass shooting, which the Palestinian health ministry said killed at least 31 Palestinians and injured dozens, was the deadliest incident involving aid distribution in recent months. It comes amid warnings from the United Nations that the new aid distribution mechanism has become a \u201cdeath trap\u201d for desperate people seeking food in the strip.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001q3b6mlvsog5ww@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Thousands of starving Palestinians had gathered in the sandy bulldozed area near the GHF-run site before the gates opened on Sunday, braving chaotic scenes when gunfire struck the crowd.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001r3b6m4yjan0v3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cNo one move, stay in your place\u2026 no one move!\u201d one Palestinian man is heard yelling in a series of videos posted to TikTok on Sunday, filmed along the coast where crowds had gathered near the aid site.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001u3b6mjygqbfsi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            After the US-backed private foundation finally opened the site at 5:00 a.m., witnesses said the Israeli military\u2019s gunfire continued nearby. Surveillance footage shared by GHF shows crowds of onrushing Palestinians scrambling to reach the limited boxes of food as tracer fire explodes into the night sky in the distance.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001v3b6mk3j2tadw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            By sunrise, the extent of the catastrophe was undeniable. Videos captured bloodied bodies of Palestinians scattered across the sands, roughly a half mile from the food distribution center.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001w3b6mg8ggx5by@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Similar deadly incidents on Monday and Tuesday near the same site have raised further questions about whether the militarized aid initiative backed by the US and approved by Israel can deliver food supplies safely. In the subsequent episodes, the IDF acknowledged that Israeli troops had fired warning shots in the area. GHF said none of the shootings occurred within or adjacent to their distribution sites, adding that the location of the shootings was \u201can area well beyond our secure distribution site.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001x3b6mxcovfvi0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            For Saqer, who said he managed to finally reach the aid site and escaped with whatever he could carry, the harrowing night still weighs heavily on him.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiar70r001y3b6maeijn909@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe survived a night that was worse than we could imagine,\u201d he said. \u201cThe reality for people was one of death and hunger searching for food.\u201d    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmbiar20q001i3b6mfh1gd6ze@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"videos-capture-deadly-chaos\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Videos capture deadly chaos<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiap5g6001u26ql5pbp6thp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            When GHF announced its distribution plans for Sunday, the instructions were direct: only one aid site would be open starting at 5:00 a.m., and the IDF would be present in the area to secure passage on a designated route.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900023b6m4rhhp1fu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            It also warned \u2013 albeit after gunfire reportedly already erupted \u2013 that the Israeli military would be \u201cactive\u201d in the area ahead of the site\u2019s opening.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900033b6mo04vf20b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cUsing the passage before 5:00 a.m. is prohibited, as we were informed by the military that it will be active in the area before and after the specified safe hours,\u201d the GHF said in a release on Facebook at 4 a.m. \u201cWe remind all residents to stay on the road \u2014 straying from it poses a significant danger.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/graphic\/instances\/cmbid84kw00153b6kuok1jo4q@published\" data-component-name=\"graphic\" class=\"graphic\">\n<div id=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/graphic\/instances\/cmbid84kw00153b6kuok1jo4q@published\" class=\"graphic__anchor\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ix.cnn.io\/dailygraphics\/graphics\/20250602-gaza-aid-shooting\/index.html\" data-type=\"dailygraphics\" data-slug=\"20250602-gaza-aid-shooting\" data-pym-src=\"https:\/\/ix.cnn.io\/dailygraphics\/graphics\/20250602-gaza-aid-shooting\/index.html\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900043b6mmrzw6eu6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Having endured an 11-week Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid, thousands of desperate Palestinians began making their way down Al-Rasheed Street in hopes of being among the first to reach the aid site \u2013 the only one operating in all of Gaza that day \u2013 before the limited supplies ran out.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900063b6mtendbace@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI could hear the screams of young people and others from their injuries,\u201d Saqer said. \u201cIn front of me were four young men with direct injuries to the head\u2026 there was a person next to me who was injured by a bullet in his eye.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900073b6mot404wgr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He and others said a quadcopter drone appeared above the crowd, with the voice on its speaker telling people to turn around. But amid the warning, gunfire crackled all around them.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900083b6mphad9paa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cEven retreating was almost impossible, and everyone was lying on the ground unable to lift their heads because if you lifted your head, you would get shot.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900093b6m83wvciu4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            As the chaos unfolded near the Al-Alam area, the GHF aid site officially opened at 5:00 a.m. Security video of the location released by the organization, which was labeled as beginning at 5:02 a.m., shows crowds of Palestinians running into the fenced distribution center.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/interactive-video\/instances\/cmbib1gid00293b6mu0chn1xl@published\" class=\"interactive-video\" data-component-name=\"interactive-video\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"interactive-video__container\">            <video class=\"interactive-video__player\" loop=\"\" muted=\"\" autoplay=\"\" playsinline=\"\"><\/video>        <\/div>\n<div class=\"interactive-video__metadata\">\n<div class=\"interactive-video__caption\">                    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Video released by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation shows crowds of Palestinians arriving at the aid site on Sunday morning as tracer fire is seen in the sky above.<\/span><figcaption class=\"interactive-video__credit\">Gaza Humanitarian Foundation<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000d3b6mvo88ucav@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Based on the erratic nature of the sound, Maher said that the shots seemed to be spread out, fired repeatedly in one direction. \u201cSince the cracks are irregular, it seems more like the gunfire was being sprayed over the area.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000e3b6mdv4jhdgx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Trevor Ball, a former US Army senior explosive ordnance disposal team member, said the rate of fire was consistent with the FN MAG, a heavily-used machine gun in the Israeli military\u2019s arsenal. The FN MAG is commonly equipped on the IDF\u2019s Merkava tanks, which several eyewitnesses said they saw open fire on the crowds.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000h3b6mccd8txe6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Ball also said the tracer fire \u2013 ammunition containing a pyrotechnic charge illuminating its trajectory \u2013 seen in the GHF\u2019s footage is consistent with the use of machine guns. \u201cTypically belt fed machine guns have tracer rounds inserted every few rounds. So while only 3 tracers are visible in the video, more rounds were fired.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000k3b6mawtniqcj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The International Committee of the Red Cross said that its nearby field hospital was overwhelmed by patients, describing the carnage as the \u201chighest number of weapon-wounded in a single incident\u201d since it opened over a year ago. Other dead and wounded were taken to Nasser Hospital.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000l3b6mctyyx7cx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to describe what we saw with the young and the old, there was severe injuries to the head, severe injuries to the lung,\u201d recalled Dr. Ahmed Abu Sweid, an Australian working at the Nasser medical complex.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000m3b6mlk6freck@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThere was a heavy proportion of head-targeted injuries from bullet wounds.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbib681g002d3b6magdnrqs5@published\" class=\"image_large portrait image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"09fbc4b7-6042-4bcb-996f-5bea8c837264.JPG\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"1.3333333333333333\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/09fbc4b7-6042-4bcb-996f-5bea8c837264.JPG?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image_large__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">A bullet pulled by doctors from a patient at Nasser Hospital in Sunday&#8217;s shooting near the GHF aid site. A weapons expert said it was consistent with ammunition used in the Israeli military&#8217;s machine guns.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image_large__credit\">Obtained by CNN<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000o3b6mx18v14qm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            GHF, which runs the site, insisted: \u201cThere was no gunfire in the (distribution) center and also not in the surrounding area.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000p3b6mlxoy5ejk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAll aid was distributed today without incident. We have heard that these fake reports have been actively fomented by Hamas. They are untrue and fabricated.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000q3b6m2fm1woe7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The IDF said allegations that Israeli soldiers fired on Gazans near or within the aid distribution site were \u201cfalse reports.\u201d It added: \u201cFindings from an initial inquiry indicate that the IDF did not fire at civilians while they were near or within the humanitarian aid distribution site and that reports to this effect are false.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000t3b6mc0y3l7s6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Yazeed, 13, was shot in the stomach by gunfire from an Israeli tank and survived his injuries, according to his dad.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000v3b6mza7xee5t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Mohammad Abu Rezeq was shot in the stomach upon arriving at Al-Alam where he said Israeli forces were deliberately targeting the crowd.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000w3b6mrqd5jiez@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI have seen a lot of soldiers in this war. When they want to clear an area or warn you, they shoot around you. But yesterday, they were shooting to kill us,\u201d Abu Rezeq said.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmbiapouo001c3b6m6hpxs6a3@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"not-an-isolated-incident\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Not an isolated incident<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000y3b6mvvexqugw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The chaos in the early hours of Sunday morning was not an isolated incident. In consecutive days since, Palestinians attempting to reach the GHF\u2019s aid distribution sites have come under fire by the Israeli military.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9000z3b6mbln9x1w2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            After the intense gunfire near the Al-Alam roundabout on Sunday, GHF\u2019s Facebook posts included updated maps of the safe route for the following days. The new maps included a large, red stop sign at Al-Alam.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900103b6mgao4hwmu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            On Tuesday, nearly 30 people were killed and dozens wounded while making their way to the aid sites in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Nasser Hospital.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900113b6mg9aqramd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The Israeli military said that its forces opened fire multiple times after identifying \u201cseveral suspects moving toward them, deviating from the designated access routes.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900123b6m6ride68u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe troops carried out warning fire, and after the suspects failed to retreat, additional shots were directed near a few individual suspects who advanced toward the troops,\u201d the IDF said in a statement, adding they were looking into reports of casualties.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900133b6mi722a9s1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            While the Israeli military has acknowledged firing warning shots in the area three days in a row, posts from GHF\u2019s Facebook page show the organization works in close coordination with the IDF to establish safe, defined routes.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900143b6ml5n86i1f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            GHF was set up amid Israeli accusations that Hamas is stealing aid in Gaza and profiting from sales, though Israel hasn\u2019t presented any evidence publicly to back up the claim.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900153b6mokjlribc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            UN aid groups, such as UNRWA, typically check identification and rely on a database of registered families when distributing aid.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900163b6m0de83ruk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            But GHF is not screening Palestinians at aid distribution sites, despite Israeli officials saying that additional security measures were a core reason for the creation of the new program.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900173b6m66x4g7gv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            UN aid agencies have criticized GHF\u2019s aid mechanism, saying it violates humanitarian principles and raises the risks for Palestinians.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900183b6mdg6xr4wl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Criticism has been mounting against both Israel and GHF after chaos broke out last week when tens of thousands of starving Palestinians arrived at two new food distribution sites.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog900193b6mhtw81hg6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The UN\u2019s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, was scathing in his assessment to the UN Security Council late last month.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9001a3b6mjxc3ipp6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIt restricts aid to only one part of Gaza, while leaving other dire needs unmet,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbiapog9001b3b6mm853keqw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIt makes aid conditional on political and military aims. 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