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Omaha Steve

(106,343 posts)
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 01:14 PM Saturday

32 Palestinians shot dead trying to reach US group's food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say

Source: AP

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 4:11 AM CDT, July 19, 2025

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops opened fire Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials.

The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which launched operations in May. The U.S. and Israel seek to replace the traditional U.N.-led aid distribution system in Gaza, asserting that Hamas militants siphon off supplies. The U.N. denies the allegation.

While the GHF says it has distributed millions of meals to hungry Palestinians, local health officials and witnesses say that Israeli army fire has killed hundreds of people as they try to reach the hubs. GHF’s four sites are in military-controlled zones.

Israel’s army, which is not at the sites but secures them from a distance, says it only fires warning shots if crowds get too close to its forces. The military on Saturday said it fired warning shots near Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah after a group of suspects approached troops and ignored calls to keep their distance. It said the incident occurred overnight when the distribution site was closed.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-ghf-mideast-war-e3eead77195dc9c4dd07ac5fe640d00e

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32 Palestinians shot dead trying to reach US group's food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say (Original Post) Omaha Steve Saturday OP
How annalog Saturday #1
Some hunters do that. Kid Berwyn Saturday #2
It's a blood lust now nowforever Saturday #3
May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad Saturday #4
More ethnic cleansing. War criminal Netanyahu/the IDF are showing incredible discretion in being satisfied with... brush Saturday #5
Bait. Linda ladeewolf Saturday #6
It was designed to do exactly what it is doing. AloeVera Saturday #7
The absurdity of responses here is mind boggling. Beastly Boy Saturday #8
In case you didn't realize... AloeVera Saturday #11
No, I didn't realize. And I have no idea whose description of ethnic cleansing you are using or how competent Beastly Boy Saturday #15
What source then do you trust to tell you how many Palestinians have been killed by the IDF since 10/7? Stargleamer Saturday #16
I didn't challenge the numbers, did I? Beastly Boy Saturday #19
Exactly cabotnn22 Saturday #17
Congressional Republicans love Netanyahu. red dog 1 Saturday #9
The slavish adoration for this blood-soaked murderer of children AloeVera Saturday #12
As do many Congressional Democrats Polybius Saturday #13
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. walkingman Saturday #10
These are happening every day it seems. Isn't this a war crime? FirstLight Saturday #14
Yes, of course, it's a war crime iemanja Saturday #18
Yes. Release the hostages. Disarm Hamas. The war ends 24 hours later. Beastly Boy Yesterday #20
Four aid sites in Gaza with limited hours, only one in the north, compared to almost 400 sites before ... cliffside Yesterday #21
Look at the map in the NYT article, 3 out of the 4 aid sites are in the south .... cliffside Yesterday #22

Kid Berwyn

(21,339 posts)
2. Some hunters do that.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 01:23 PM
Saturday

They set up a blind near the water hole and shoot the animals when they come in for a drink.

I'd say, "Same thing," but it's not. Palestinians are people who don't deserve to be murdered, like their neighbors occupiers the Israelis.

brush

(60,608 posts)
5. More ethnic cleansing. War criminal Netanyahu/the IDF are showing incredible discretion in being satisfied with...
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 01:50 PM
Saturday

with killing just a few Palestinians at a time as they know some will brave coming to the aid sites to get food because they are starving, and can therefore be picked off at leisure.

Such 'valiant' and patient war criminals.

AloeVera

(3,274 posts)
7. It was designed to do exactly what it is doing.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 02:01 PM
Saturday

Starting with banning the UN, reducing the number of aid hubs by 99% and continuing with every other negation of humanitaran principles especially the militarization of aid in the hands of the occupying army.

Everything the UN warned about has come true. But instead of admitting GHF is a total failure and a humanitarian catastrophe has unfolded - and allowing the UN to take over and save lives - I'm sure there are people very much celebrating its "success".

Because GHF was never more than another tool, a very important one, in the ethnic cleansing toolbox.

Beastly Boy

(13,043 posts)
8. The absurdity of responses here is mind boggling.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 03:39 PM
Saturday

Bloodlust! Ethnic cleansing! Bait! Another tool in the ethnic cleansing toolbox!

Does anyone pay attention to the simple math anymore?

Even if accounts of the ubiquitous "local health officials and witnesses" are to be taken for granted as god's honest truth, even if the definition of ethnic cleansing is to be flushed down the toilet, even if the concept of baiting is to somehow account for kills half a mile away from the bait, even if the obvious absurdity of such baiting and the logistics involved in it is to be totally disregarded, how can one escape the reality of simple math?

The article states, and I quote: "While the GHF says it has distributed millions of meals to hungry Palestinians, local health officials and witnesses say that Israeli army fire has killed hundreds of people"

This amounts to roughly one death per 10,000 (ten thousand) meals distributed. A totally absurd and prohibitively lavish ratio. What kind of a reality defying ignoramus would come up such patently idiotic plan? What kind of a moron ethnic cleanser wannabe would approve of and implement such inanity? What kind of an inept hunter would not scoff at such wanton waist of bait?

Ridiculous!

AloeVera

(3,274 posts)
11. In case you didn't realize...
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:13 PM
Saturday


The ethnic cleansing is not in the killing of aid seekers, which is just plain murder.

It is in creating the "impossible-to-stay-alive-in" conditions that will make the ethnic cleansing unavoidable and "necessary".

Eventually, after the murder of many more food and water seekers and tent and rubble-dwellers, Palestinians will realize that to stay in Gaza is a death sentence. At which time they will decide to "voluntarily" leave.

That this was the plan all along and tools like the systematic, long-standing obstruction of aid, the demolition of all homes and infrastructure, and the deliberately non -humanitarian GHF were put in place to help carry out that plan - is what makes the coming "voluntary emigration" -- to no less than the hellholes of the world -- ethnic cleansing.

So glad I could clear that up for you.

Beastly Boy

(13,043 posts)
15. No, I didn't realize. And I have no idea whose description of ethnic cleansing you are using or how competent
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 09:14 PM
Saturday

your source is. By any chance, are these your own descriptions, and are you quoting yourself as a competent authority on the subject?

If you want to clear anything up, it would help to cite your sources. On the other hand, if you don't, putting anything in quotation marks doesn't add any credence to what you are saying, and sadly, I cannot rely on you clearing things up in this case.

Likewise, I cannot seriously address your latest reply unless you can make understandable references to what you are talking about. Is it still ethnic cleansing? Or is it some other unrelated creative theory? Are you its author, and if so, why is there such conspicuous absence of Israeli hostages or their captors in it? Why is there no mention of Hamas leaders who are on record bragging about creating... how did you put it? Oh yeah, "the "impossible-to-stay-alive-in" conditions" for Gazan civilians?

In fact, I noticed this conspicuous absence in the vast majority of your posts. How do they consistently end up playing no role in your theories?

Stargleamer

(2,461 posts)
16. What source then do you trust to tell you how many Palestinians have been killed by the IDF since 10/7?
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:28 PM
Saturday

you frequently seem to express doubts here on DU on the accuracy of these reports of these slaughters.

Beastly Boy

(13,043 posts)
19. I didn't challenge the numbers, did I?
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:45 PM
Saturday

There is a reason for it. While I find none of the available sources for casualty numbers in Gaza particularly trustworthy, my trust or mistrust doesn't matter anyway. It is the responses to the OP I am commenting on. The header of my post should have been sufficient to establish this.

Of course I doubt the accuracy of the numbers that presume all casualties in a war zone to be civilians and to be caused by only one belligerent side of the armed conflict between several warring armies. This proposition is ridiculous on its face, but it is an entirely different ridiculous proposition that I am talking about here.

In anticipation of your deflection I also stipulated that my post loses none of its cogency "even if accounts of the ubiquitous "local health officials and witnesses" are to be taken for granted as god's honest truth". So you may presume whatever you wish about the accuracy of the cited sources, and whatever your presumption may be, it will have no effect on the point I am making.

And, getting back to my point, it has to do with the absolute absurdity of conspiracy theories about IDF setting up a bait, or a trap, or a "kill zone", or otherwise creating conditions to commit ethnic cleansing by distributing millions of meals to Gazan civilians.

cabotnn22

(138 posts)
17. Exactly
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:59 PM
Saturday

Amazing how some of the people appalled have said nothing about the ACTUAL genocide going on in Syria - you know, the one where Christians and Druze are being slaughtered? As per usual, no Jew, no news.

AloeVera

(3,274 posts)
12. The slavish adoration for this blood-soaked murderer of children
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:19 PM
Saturday

this sociopath...is why all those children are dead.

I hope they haunt his nightmares and those of his fellow repuke sociopaths for the rest of their miserable days.


FirstLight

(15,489 posts)
14. These are happening every day it seems. Isn't this a war crime?
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 09:10 PM
Saturday

I mean I know the UN has issued arrest warrants or whatever but Jesus isn't there something somebody can do? Of course I'm sure there's people saying that about us here in the United States.. so much evil and hatred and violence still in this world.
🥺😔

iemanja

(56,261 posts)
18. Yes, of course, it's a war crime
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:25 PM
Saturday

Israel doesn’t care. Netanyahu is already facing charges of genocide at the ICC.

Beastly Boy

(13,043 posts)
20. Yes. Release the hostages. Disarm Hamas. The war ends 24 hours later.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 12:00 AM
Yesterday

I wonder why nobody thought of this yet.

cliffside

(1,043 posts)
21. Four aid sites in Gaza with limited hours, only one in the north, compared to almost 400 sites before ...
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 01:13 AM
Yesterday

what could go wrong?




cliffside

(1,043 posts)
22. Look at the map in the NYT article, 3 out of the 4 aid sites are in the south ....
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 01:34 AM
Yesterday

the population is being pushed to those aid stations leaving a good portion of beachfront property in the north.

Plan to Indefinitely Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce

"An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-cease-fire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE8.IUCA.1GfLrc3RhbpA&smid=url-share


Trump's Gaza 'Riviera' echoes Kushner waterfront property dreams

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-gaza-riviera-echoes-kushner-waterfront-property-dreams-2025-02-05/

"... But it was not the first time Trump has spoken of Gaza in terms of real estate investment opportunities. In October last year, he told a radio interviewer Gaza could be "better than Monaco" if rebuilt in the right way..."


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