Thousands of Palestinians stormed new Gaza aid centers

Thousands of Palestinians were storming places where a foundation supported by the US and Israel was allocated. The GHF organization (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) is trying to downplay what has happened by saying that a « small number » people have received aid.

They still do not have independent confirmation that her estimates that before the header of 800 food boxes were allocated, with her data, each fed 5.5 people in 3.5 days and containing a total of 462,000 servings of food. GHF’s ​​work is a test for a new delivery mechanism surrounding the Hamas and the UN efforts so far for the supply of aid to a crisis strip after 78 days blockade in March, April and most of May.

Some Arab media reported shooting the air in an attempt to spread the crowd. A UN spokesman, whose relations with power in Israel are increasingly tightened, said that his heart was breaking from the view of the assault and that the UN and the artists had a detailed, clear and endured plan for how the help to reach the « desperate population » in Gaza.

The food crisis, in combination with the increased offensive in Gaza, increasing the relations between Israel and the major Western European countries, with even Germany solidifies the tone to the country. Now GHF’s ​​work will be observed under a magnifying glass.

Only two of the planned four centers are currently operating. According to Qatari television, Al Jazeera, which Israel accuses in support of Hamas, is that, according to its correspondent, the field correspondents team responsible for the company’s security lost the site near Rafah shortly before it was opened.

« Their desperate need for food prevailed over concerns about biometric and other checks that Israel said he would use, » Reuters wrote in a comment on what was seen by the incident from social networks. « Hundreds of Palestinians, including women and children, some on foot or in carts harnessed in the donkeys, flocked to one of the distribution sites in the southern city of Rafah, which is under complete control of the Israeli army to receive food packages, » the agency continues.

Some of the recipients show in the videos the contents of the packages that included rice, flour, canned beans, pasta, olive oil, cookies and sugar.

The GHF plan for food delivery – without the intervention of the Israeli army responsible for security to the distribution centers – was sharply criticized by the UN for the risk of requiring the relocation of thousands of Palestinians to be closer to the distribution points. These points seem to be agreed with the army and the points in which she plans to pile up the Palestinians while mastering 75% of gas in the next two months. The UN and other international humanitarian groups refuse to work with GHF due to impaired impartiality.

GHF Director Jake Wood resigned on Sunday night after just two months in the post, saying that he could not be independent in his work and observe the humanitarian principles that the deliveries would not be related to any of the countries.

For the security of the centers themselves – according to a plan that appeared in Israeli media last summer – replies a private US security company.

Some Palestinians seem to have listened to « Hamas »

Although the aid was available on Monday, the Palestinians seemed to have listened to the warnings, including Hamas, about the biometric scanning procedures used at the foundation’s aid distribution points.

« As much as I want to go because I’m hungry and my kids are hungry, I’m afraid, » said 55-year-old Abu Ahmed, the father of seven children. « I am so scared because they said that the company belongs to Israel and is a mercenary, and also because the resistance ( » Hamas « ) said not to go, » he said in a message in Watsap, Reuters reported.

But the videos have shown that many hunger has prevailed.

Israeli representatives said one of the benefits of the new help system was the ability to check the recipients in order to exclude anyone who is found to be related to Hamas. Humanitarian groups familiar with the foundation’s plans say that anyone who receives help will have to undergo facial recognition technology, for which many Palestinians fear that they will fall into Israeli hands to be used for tracking and potentially directing them.

The new system worked days after Israel relieved its blockade and allowed trucks with help from international agencies to enter Gaza last week, including vehicles of the world food program carrying flour to local bakeries. But the amount of help entered into the densely populated coastal enclave is only a small part of the 500-600 trucks that UN agencies value as necessary every day.