Overview

• Palestinian health authorities report at least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli gunfire near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution point in central Gaza on June 10.
• United Nations and leading humanitarian organizations have condemned the GHF’s US-backed aid system as partisan and unsafe, refusing to cooperate with its operations.
• The Israeli military says it fired warning shots at individuals approaching site access routes designated as closed military zones and is investigating the latest incident.
• Gaza’s humanitarian situation has deteriorated dramatically under a 20-month blockade and military campaign, with over 54,000 reported Palestinian fatalities, mass displacement and looming famine.
• Western governments, human rights groups and former Israeli officials have increasingly criticized Israel’s conduct and called for restraint or a ceasefire.