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Gunfire and Chaos at New Gaza Aid Hubs Highlight Deepening Famine

Thousands of hungry Palestinians overran fenced aid hubs run by private contractors, underlining warnings that the new system cannot avert Gaza’s looming famine.

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A drone view of Neve Daniel, a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
A truck carrying aid arrives at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, on the Israeli side, May 28, 2025.

Overview

  • A crowd breaching fences at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site in Rafah left at least one person dead and 48 wounded after Israeli forces fired warning shots and live rounds.
  • The U.S.-backed foundation now operates four fenced distribution points in Rafah and Netzarim, but security checks collapsed under mass rushes for food.
  • The United Nations and major aid agencies have rejected the GHF model, warning it cannot serve Gaza’s 2.3 million people and risks using food as a tool of population control.
  • Gaza’s Health Ministry reports more than 54,000 Palestinians killed since October 2023, and the enclave is nearing famine after an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid.
  • Israel maintained air strikes across Gaza and on Yemen’s Sanaa airport, while Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated plans to relocate Gaza’s population to a southern ‘sterile zone’.