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Gaza aid group says Hamas killed at least 5 local staffers, possibly abducted others
[IsraelTimes] GHF says operatives attacked bus ferrying workers to distribution site, while Hamas-linked accounts say terror group targeted members of Israel-backed clan, which it deniesThe Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... Humanitarian Foundation said Wednesday that Hamas  ..a regional Iranian catspaw,...operatives attacked a bus transporting its local Gazook staffers, killing at least five, injuring others and potentially taking some hostage. The bus was ferrying the staffers to one of GHF’s aid distribution sites near the southern Gaza Strip’s Khan Younis at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday when it came under attack, a GHF statement said. The statement noted that GHF was still working to gather the facts on what unfolded and a spokesperson didn’t immediately provide any corroborating evidence. Hamas-linked social media accounts published a statement on what they said was the terror group’s attack on members of the Israel-backed Abu Shabaab clan in which five people were killed and 12 more were maimed. It was not immediately possible to verify the identities of those killed. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... a Facebook page run by the Abu Shabaab clan issued a statement denying that its members were targeted by Hamas. "This attack did not happen in a vacuum. For days, Hamas has openly threatened our team, our aid workers, and the civilians who receive aid from us. These threats were met with silence," GHF said, adding that the attack will not deter the organization’s efforts to provide aid to Paleostinians in Gaza. Hamas has pushed for the resumption of aid distribution through UN-backed mechanisms, which Israel and the US say allowed the terror group to divert much of the aid. The UN has denied this, while arguing that the GHF model for aid distribution endangers Paleostinians, by forcing them to walk long distances across IDF lines in order to pick up boxes of food. Red Thingy and Hamas-linked health officials have reported near-daily mass-casualty incidents involving Paleostinians trekking to aid sites since GHF’s launch on May 26. The IDF has acknowledged on at least eight different occasions that it fired "warning shots" that struck those who strayed off the pre-approved access routes. GHF said Wednesday it has distributed roughly 271,200 boxes of aid to date, but they are largely filled with dry food products that need to be prepared elsewhere. An average of 65 aid trucks have entered Gaza each day since Israel partially lifted its blockade on May 19, but the World Food Program says roughly 300 trucks a day are needed to properly serve Gaza’s population, which IDF officials acknowledged was on the brink of starvation before it resumed allowing aid in last month after a 78-day blockade. The UN and other humanitarian organizations have argued that neutralizing the threat of looting requires flooding Gaza with as much aid as possible so demand and costs go down, rather than rationing assistance as Israel has done over the past month. Just before 3 a.m. Thursday local time, GHF issued an additional statement updating Gazooks that it had just finished distributing boxes of food at its central Gaza site, even though the IDF has repeatedly warned Paleostinians not to approach aid sites before 6 a.m. The GHF announcement was made on its Arabic Facebook page, which it uses to communicate with Paleostinians about operating hours at the distribution sites. A GHF spokesperson did not explain why the Israeli- and US-backed organization appeared to be distributing aid overnight, when the IDF has cautioned Paleostinians against walking to the sites. It has done so on several other occasions over the past two and a half weeks of operation. Hours earlier, footage of a GHF aid site being completely overrun by Gazooks upon opening on Tuesday had gone viral on social media. The scene highlighted the chaos that has plagued GHF aid distribution sites since their launch. Israel says 108 humanitarian aid trucks carrying flour, food entered Gaza Strip yesterday [IsraelTimes] The Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announces that 108 humanitarian aid trucks carrying flour and food entered the Gaza Strip yesterday. Israel resumed aid deliveries to Gaza on May 19, after a pause since March 2. Since then, 1,459 trucks have entered the Strip. Some of the truckloads have been taken to the new aid distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The contents of many of the trucks that entered Gaza in recent weeks are still awaiting collection on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing. The aid underwent an inspection by Israeli authorities before entering Gaza via the crossing. Related: GHF: 2025-06-11 Gaza aid group says it distributed 35,520 boxes of food at three sites in Gaza today GHF: 2025-06-11 Palestinians say 20 killed near aid site; IDF says troops fired at Gazans who posed threat GHF: 2025-06-10 Tunisia activists launch Gaza-bound convoy in 'symbolic act' Related: Abu Shabaab 06/11/2025 Palestinians say 20 killed near aid site; IDF says troops fired at Gazans who posed threat Abu Shabaab 06/10/2025 Gaza civil defence reports 10 deaths near aid centre, GHF still delivers 23,000 boxes (each box has 3.5 days of meals for 5.5 people) Abu Shabaab 06/05/2025 As Gazans clamor for aid, looting and shootings underscore new dangers Posted by: trailing wife 2025-06-12 |
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