{"id":5787,"date":"2025-07-12T15:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:23:49","slug":"weaponising-food-in-gaza%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=5787","title":{"rendered":"Weaponising Food in Gaza\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_5787\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"5787\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"5788\" src=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e3-493x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e3-493x1024.jpg 493w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e3-145x300.jpg 145w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e3-768x1594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e3-740x1536.jpg 740w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e3.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/weaponising-food-in-gaza\/\n\">https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/weaponising-food-in-gaza\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.punjabtodaynews.com\/weaponising-food-in-gaza\/\n\">https:\/\/www.punjabtodaynews.com\/weaponising-food-in-gaza\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ummid.com\/news\/2025\/june\/26-06-2025\/weaponising-food-in-gaza.html\">https:\/\/ummid.com\/news\/2025\/june\/26-06-2025\/weaponising-food-in-gaza.html<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While the continuing Israel-Iran spathas captivated the global attention, innocent and unarmed Palestinians are being killed in Gaza. Reportedly, 450 Palestinians have been killed near Aid Centres or Food Centres being run by an American relief organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the so-called Islamic countries and even India, which has always championed the Palestinian cause, remain silent. The question is how long should we allow these brutal and inhuman killings by the Israeli forces of hungry Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the last 13 days, it seems the world has forgotten Gaza, yet again. During these 13 days several reports of unarmed Palestinians being gunned down by the Israel Defence Force (IDF) have appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 17, 70 Palestinians were killed in a single day during the distribution of US-Israeli aid in southern Gaza \u2014 specifically in Khan Younis and Rafah \u2014 under the same repeated justification, \u201cprotecting American aid workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily Times of Israelreported on June 25, that in Gaza, Israeli forces killed 71 Palestinians yesterday (June 24), including at least 50 people who were waiting to receive aid. Among the dead are at least 27 people killed in an Israeli strike on civilians waiting for food in central Gaza, an attack that also wounded dozens and turned a relief site into what one Palestinian official called an \u201copen field of death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to the reported deaths, the IDF later said that a gathering overnight had been identified in an area \u201cadjacent\u201d to its troops in the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza, where the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid group is known to hand out food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the IDF had warned Palestinians not to approach routes leading to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites between 6 pm and 6 am, local time, describing those roads as closed military zones. However, the GHF has contradictorily indicated it may be open during those hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In central Gaza, three witnesses told the Associated Press that the army opened fire as people advanced east toward aid trucks south of Wadi Gaza. \u201cIt was a massacre,\u201d said Ahmed Halawa. He said tanks and drones fired at people, \u201ceven as we were fleeing. Many people were either martyred or wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another eyewitness, Hossam Abu Shahada said drones were flying over the area, watching the crowds, then there was gunfire from tanks and drones as people were moving eastward. He described a \u201cchaotic and bloody\u201d scene as people tried to escape. He said he saw at least three people lying motionless and many others wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the southernmost city of Rafah, witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as crowds tried to reach another food distribution site run by the GHF.Two witnesses said Israeli troops started firing as thousands of Palestinians gathered at the Shakoush area, several hundred metres from the distribution site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to figures issued on Saturday by the Hamas health ministry, at least 450 people have been killed and nearly 3,500 injured by Israeli fire while seeking aid since late May. Many of the incidents have occurred near sites operated by the GHF, according to rescuers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GHF, a US- and Israeli-backed organisation, which was established to circumvent Hamas in the distribution of aid, issued a complaint Tuesday to the Israeli military over \u201cpossible harassment by Israeli soldiers directed at our convoys\u201d heading to the Wadi Gaza site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel, which said that 79 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip Monday via the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings, has acknowledged firing warning shots at suspicious people near distribution sites, but denies targeting civilians or using starvation as a weapon of war, and has accused Hamas of hijacking aid deliveries and embedding itself among civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, UN human rights spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan said, \u201cIsrael has militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked if Israel was guilty of weaponising the distribution of food, he said, \u201cThe legal qualification needs to be made by a court of law. But, the weaponisation of food for civilians, in addition to restricting or preventing their access to life-sustaining services, constitutes a war crime and, under certain circumstances, may constitute elements of other crimes under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees also hit out at the GHF system. \u201cThe newly created so-called aid mechanism is an abomination that humiliates and degrades desperate people,\u201d UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said at a press conference in Berlin. \u201cIt is a death trap costing more lives than it saves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe humanitarian community, including UNRWA, has the expertise and must be allowed to do their job and provide assistance with respect and dignity,\u201d said Lazzarini. \u201cThere is no other alternative to address the challenges of spreading hunger in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel has accused UNRWA of providing cover for Hamas operatives and, earlier this year, banned the agency from operating on Israeli soil or contacting officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN and major aid groups have refused to cooperate with the GHF over concerns that it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives. The GHF began operating in Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade Israel placed on the Strip following the collapse of the last ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas in early March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aid deliveries to Gaza were allowed by Israel on May 19, after a pause since March 2. Since then, 2,033 trucks have entered the Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BBC reported that without including the latest deaths, the UN has said that more than 410 Palestinians are reported to have been killed by Israeli gunfire or shelling since the GHF began work in late May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one wonders that where are the so-called Islamic countries, while this mayhem continues. None of them has voiced sincere condemnation on the killings or came out with an aid plan involving them. The largest organisation of the Islamic countries, Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) is more concerned about the plight of the Indian Muslims, than those being killed nearer home to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dalia Abu Ramadan, in a first person account written for the website,&nbsp;<em>Truthout.org<\/em>&nbsp;correctly says that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not merely a human tragedy, it is a widespread catastrophe threatening every living being on this land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the beginning of the war, even the animals have not been spared \u2014 horses and donkeys are deliberately killed and destroyed to prevent them from assisting us in moving and surviving. This intentional targeting of animals is part of a systematic strategy to immobilize the population and deepen our suffering. These animals, once an inseparable part of our lives and a vital source of support, now teeter on the brink of death due to starvation and deliberate killing, Dalia wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_5787\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"5787\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/weaponising-food-in-gaza\/ https:\/\/www.punjabtodaynews.com\/weaponising-food-in-gaza\/ https:\/\/ummid.com\/news\/2025\/june\/26-06-2025\/weaponising-food-in-gaza.html While the continuing Israel-Iran spathas captivated the global attention, innocent and unarmed Palestinians are being killed in Gaza. Reportedly, 450 Palestinians have been killed near Aid Centres or Food Centres being run by an American relief organisation. 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