Israel is an “engineering chaos and massacres” in the Gaza Strip by continuing to block aid deliveries and open fire on hungry Palestinians in search of desperately necessary food supplies, a humanitarian official warned.
Caroline Willemen, coordinator of the Gaza project for Doctors Without Borders, known by her French initials MSF, told Tel Aviv Tribune on Friday that food remains “seriously rare” in the besieged enclave despite the increased entry of help in recent days.
“There is little indication that sufficient aid will arrive regularly,” said Willemen. “As a result, every day, people risk their lives in desperate research of food.”
The Gaza Ministry of Health said on Friday that three other people, including two children, died of hunger and malnutrition in the previous 24 hours.
This pushed the total number of deaths related to famine at 162, including 92 children, since the War of Israel against Gaza began in October 2023.
On Friday, more than 80 Palestinians were also killed in Israeli strikes across the strip, told Tel Aviv Tribune. Among these, 49 people were killed and more than 270 others were injured while they were looking for help, the sources said.
The condemnation of Israel’s famine policy in Gaza increased this week, with a global hunger surveillance system on Tuesday that the “worst scenario of famine” took place.
While Israel has authorized a series of help parachutists in recent days, senior United Nations has denounced the program as expensive and dangerous while urging Israel to allow unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza.
“If there is a political will to authorize the Airdrops – which are very expensive, insufficient and ineffective, there should be a similar political will to open road passages,” wrote Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), wrote on X.
“As the inhabitants of #Gaza will die of hunger, the only way to respond to famine is to flood Gaza with help.”
Olga Cherevko, an official of the UN Humanitarian Office (OCHA), also told Tel Aviv Tribune de Deir El-Balah in the center of Gaza that there was a slight increase in authorized aid, it is still largely insufficient.
“The slight increase in what is happening is not enough to even scratch the surface,” she said. “The field needs are overwhelming.”
“ Mortal incidents a daily reality ”
Meanwhile, the Palestinians of Gaza continue to risk their lives by asking for help on notorious sites led by the GHF supported by the United States and Israeli.
Ibrahim Mekki, a Palestinian from the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of Gaza, said he was waiting at least six hours and was likely to be shot by Israeli forces just to end up with a few bags of pasta.
“It’s a trap, a match,” he told Tel Aviv Tribune. “Let you move a little, then open the fire.”
The UN Human Rights Office said that at least 1,373 help seekers have been killed in Gaza since May, when the GHF began to operate in the enclave.
Among these, 859 people were killed near the help sites led by the GHF and 514 were killed while waiting for the food convoy, the office said. “Most of these murders have been committed by the Israeli army,” he added.
The MSF Willemen also told an incident tearing earlier this week, when Israeli forces opened fire on the Palestinians trying to reach aid trucks near the passage of Zikim in northern Gaza.
“People were injured in shots and crushing while crowds were panicked and ran,” she said.
“These fatal incidents have become a daily reality in Gaza for too long now. Current distribution methods are chaos and engineering massacres. ”
However, Israel and its first ally, the United States, continued to support GHF despite the growing killings and criticism of group operations in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff also visited the enclave on Friday alongside the American ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee to “assess the conditions” and get involved with GHF.
Witkoff said the trip was to help “develop a plan to provide food and medical help to the inhabitants of Gaza”.
The Trump administration announced last month that it had approved $ 30 million to support GHF operations.
The United States provides billions of dollars in military aid to Israel each year, as well as diplomatic support to the UN – assistance that has increased considerably since the war against Gaza.
