Overview

• The Gaza Government Media Office says it documented four citizen testimonies of oxycodone pills found in flour bags distributed by US-Israel aid centres and warns narcotics may have been ground into the flour itself.
• Gaza authorities accuse the Israeli occupation of deploying addictive opioids to spread addiction and undermine Palestinian social cohesion.
• Oxycodone is a prescription opioid used for severe pain that carries high risks of addiction, respiratory depression and other life-threatening effects.
• Fifteen human rights and legal organisations have called for the suspension of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, citing its lack of transparency and alleged role in forced displacement.
• The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has not responded publicly to the accusations, intensifying scrutiny over its aid delivery practices.