Overview

• GHF reported that 20 people were killed at its Khan Younis distribution site, with 19 trampled and one stabbed.
• The foundation alleged that armed, Hamas-affiliated individuals in the crowd instigated the chaos after staff identified weapons among aid-seekers.
• Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry and media office disputed the account, reporting at least 21 fatalities including 15 suffocated in panic and nine shot.
• Reuters eyewitnesses said that tear gas fired by distribution-center guards triggered the mass panic that led to the stampede.
• UN human rights data indicate that since late May, 674 of the 875 Palestinians killed while awaiting aid have died near GHF sites.