Hundreds of thousands of desperate Palestinians reportedly stormed US mercenary-managed food distribution centers seeking sustenance, with reports describing the situation as ‘catastrophic.’
(LifeSiteNews) -- Chaos erupted in Gaza this past week when the Israeli military fired what Israel claimed were "warning shots" as Palestinians sought to obtain food from distribution sites.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a U.S. non-profit is using U.S. military contractors to operate only four locations in the region with approval from the Israeli government. Israel claims the arrangement, which has been criticized by the United Nations, is needed because Hamas terrorists allegedly steal food from starving ordinary citizens.
The U.N. has overseen humanitarian aid in Gaza since October 2023 and has long denied Israel’s claims about Hamas, arguing that the system now in place is not adequately providing for the needs of the country’s 2.3 million people.
According to multiple outlets, hundreds of thousands of famished Palestinians stormed one of the centers in Tel al-Sultan on Tuesday seeking nourishment. GHF staff were said to have fled for their safety after being overwhelmed. That was when the Israeli military then fired their deadly "warning shots" to maintain order.
The Red Cross has said that one person was killed and 48 others were wounded during the melee. The Associated Press reported similar sufferings took place.
On Wednesday, four Palestinians died while storming a food warehouse controlled by the U.N. in Deir Al-Balah. The U.N. described the pandemonium as “the latest sign of a hunger crisis spiralling out of control after 80 days of near-total blockade on aid into Gaza.”
Podcasters and commentators across the political spectrum have drawn attention to the dire situation, prompting many prominent persons to speak out.
On The Jimmy Dore Show, Keaton Weiss and Kurt Metzger expressed outrage over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At one point, they shared an X post on the screen published by Jewish journalist Max Blumenthal condemning the arrangement Netanyahu has set up.
“This is the aid model apartheid Israel and the Zionist-controlled Trump admin have conceived to subvert the UN system. It requires Gaza residents to march miles cross an active war zone, then be confined to what is a concentration camp as they wait for a meagre supply of food,” Blumenthal said.
Commentators are surmising the real reason for requiring Palestinians to travel such distances is that it is a callous way of finally getting them to move out of Gaza regions that the Israeli government wants to take total control over and hand over the Palestinians' land to Zionist settlers for permanent settlements.
On the Redacted podcast hosted by Clayton and Natali Morris, journalist Abubaker Abed argued that the Israeli distribution of aid is “not fair at all” and is being done to “dehumanize Palestinians”. Another primary purpose is said to be that it allows Netanyahu to claim that Israel is at least doing something to provide food to Palestinians in response to growing international condemnations.
The distribution centers began operating this week after U.S. President Donald Trump publicly started calling for Israel to allow food and medical supplies to reach “the people of Gaza” back in April.
Multiple countries and international agencies have said the Israeli government's blockade on supplies amounts to planned starvation, with the New York Times reporting that the situation is “catastrophic."
On May 21, Pope Leo XIV addressed 40,000 attendees gathered in St. Peter’s Square, where he called for an end to the “increasingly worrying and painful” situation in Gaza.
“I renew my heartfelt appeal to allow the entry of decent humanitarian aid and to end the hostilities whose heartbreaking price is paid by children, the elderly, and the sick,” he said.
