[News] Dozens of Palestinians deliberately killed, wounded at GHF aid sites

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Dozens of Palestinians deliberately killed, wounded at GHF aid sites
Al Mayadeen English
June 6, 2025
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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation suspends aid operations after 110
Palestinians were killed in US-backed Israeli attacks near Rafah, denounced
as war crimes.

   - [image: Palestinians carry Reem Al-Akhras, who was killed while
   heading to an aid distribution hub, during her funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza
   Strip, Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (AP)]
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   Palestinians carry Reem al-Akhras, who was killed while heading to an aid
   distribution hub, during her funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday,
   June 3, 2025 (*AP*)

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has suspended operations at its aid
distribution centers after 110 Palestinians were killed
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/more-evidence-implicates--israel--in-harrowing-gaza-aid-mass?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
in incidents that the Gaza government has denounced as American- and
Israeli-backed "death traps".

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which receives support from both the
United States and the Israeli occupation, announced on Friday the closure
of all its aid distribution sites
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/amnesty-international-condemns-gaza-aid-attack-in-rafah?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
until further notice.

Just two days earlier, the foundation had temporarily suspended
distribution operations, citing the need to discuss security measures
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/uk-condemns-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-aid-centers--echoes-un-w?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
with the Israeli military.

An Israeli military spokesperson warned Gaza residents against approaching
the foundation's aid distribution centers, following the killing of dozens
of Palestinians
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/un-chief-urges-ceasefire-in-gaza--probe-into-killings-over-a?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
near a distribution site in Rafah after Israeli soldiers opened fire on
them.
110 killed in Israeli 'death traps'

In the same context, Gaza's Government Media Office reported on Friday
that eight
starved civilians were killed
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--kills-75-palestinians-near-us-gaza--aid-centers?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
and 61 others wounded by gunfire from Israeli occupation forces and the US
security firms in southern Gaza's Rafah.

The Media Office stated in its release that the death toll from Israeli
attacks on aid distribution centers
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/52-martyred--340-injured-in-aid-center-massacres-across-gaza?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
has now risen to 110, with 583 wounded and 9 missing.

The statement further stated that starved civilians are being deliberately
lured into these US-backed Israeli aid centers only to be intentionally
fired upon
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/footage-of-gaza-aid-massacre-refutes-ghf--iof-claims-of-no-c?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>,
turning humanitarian distribution points into what it called "mass death
traps."

It condemned these actions as constituting full-fledged war crimes under
international humanitarian law, specifically violating the 1948 Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, and urged the United Nations
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/attacks-near-gaza-aid-sites-are-war-crimes--united-nations>,
the Security Council, and all international organizations to take immediate
and decisive action against "Israel" and its crimes.

The Media Office also condemned how, on what should be a day of peace and
compassion (Eid), Israeli occupation forces and US personnel are
perpetuating Gaza's starvation crisis
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/aid-turned-into-ambush--the--israeli-hunger-trap-massacre--i?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
as the international community looks on silently, which they described as a
moral failure.

These developments come as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation fails in its
alleged goal
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-israeli-aid-plan-in-gaza-used-as-tool-for-forced-displace?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>,
with the head of the initiative resigning and companies involved in it
pulling out.
Gaza humanitarian foundation slowly collapses

Jake Wood, who led the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) as
executive director, stepped down
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/head-of-us--gaza-aid-group-quits-over-humanitarian-concerns?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
on May 26 after declaring the group's aid distribution framework unworkable
without breaching essential humanitarian ethics
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/17-palestinians-killed-in-us-israeli-designated-aid-zones-in?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>
.

In a public statement, Wood expressed pride in the ambitious plan he had
developed, a strategy designed to distribute 300 million meals within 90
days while simultaneously preventing aid diversion and enhancing the
efforts of existing NGOs.

However, he emphasized that executing this plan would inevitably compromise
the core humanitarian principles of humanity
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel-s--gaza-aid-model-is--distraction-from-atrocities?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>,
neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence, standards he
refused to violate.
Wood resigns, Moore assumes controversial role

On June 4, it was reported that an evangelical leader and advisor to US
President Donald Trump
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/evangelical-ally-of--israel--tapped-to-lead-gaza-aid-foundat>
on interfaith issues has been appointed the new head of the GHF.

Johnnie Moore, a member of the US Commission on International Religious
Freedom and founder of the Kairos Company, assumed leadership after former
GHF head Jake Wood resigned.

Moore has publicly defended the GHF, pushing back against criticism of its
launch. In a post addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Moore
dismissed reports of Palestinians being killed or injured while seeking aid
in Gaza as "a lie … spread by terrorists."

Despite Moore’s efforts to defend the initiative, the GHF continues to face
fallout
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-distances-itself-from-gaza-aid-group-under-scrutiny>
.
BCG withdraws

On June 3, the US-based management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group
(BCG) announced its withdrawal from involvement
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/boston-consulting-group-withdraws-from-ghf>
with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), amid intensifying scrutiny of
the group’s transparency, funding sources, and affiliation with "Israel".

A company spokesperson confirmed the decision on Friday amid growing
scrutiny of the foundation's operations, mounting reports of civilian harm
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-aid-site-collapses-in-gaza-amid-mismanagement--israeli-gu?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Gaza%20aid>,
and reported involvement in massacres in Rafah.

*The Washington Post* reported that BCG's withdrawal could severely
undermine the humanitarian initiative, given the firm's central role in
creating payment systems for contractors, establishing delivery pricing
mechanisms, and maintaining daily operations across four critical
distribution hubs.
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