Overview

• Seven independent UN human rights experts said they received reports that Palestinians, including a child, vanished after visiting GHF-run distribution points in Rafah and called the practice a heinous crime equivalent to torture.
• The experts asserted that the Israeli military was directly involved in the alleged forced disappearances of aid-seekers.
• GHF said there is no evidence of forced disappearances inside its sites and noted it operates as a US- and Israel-backed private distributor set up to deliver food.
• The UN human rights office reported documenting 1,857 people killed while seeking aid since late May, including 1,021 near GHF locations.
• The UN last week declared famine in the Gaza governorate, and WFP chief Cindy McCain described a point of rupture as she urged restarting the agency’s network of food points, community kitchens and bakeries.