Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says
by William Christou in Beirut and Malak A Tantesh in from World news | The Guardian on (#6YK4X)
UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
At least 798 people have been killed while seeking food at distribution points operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and other humanitarian convoys since the end of May, the UN human rights office said on Friday.
The GHF, proposed by Israel as an alternative to the UN aid system in Gaza, has been almost universally condemned by rights groups for its violation of principles of humanitarian impartiality and what they have said could be complicity in war crimes.
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