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GHF downplays video of crowd overrunning Gaza aid site today
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
A Gaza Humanitarian Foundation spokesperson downplays footage from earlier today showing Palestinians overrunning one of its aid distribution sites, asserting that the scene was relatively calm and that a certain level of chaos is expected due to how hungry Gazans are.
Israel lightly lifted its blockade of Gaza after 78 days last week.
The GHF spokesperson says its contractors running the site allowed Palestinians to take boxes themselves, while helping those in need, and that the hope is to soon transition to a more orderly process when desperation in Gaza dies down.
This horrific scene is from today in Gaza, at one of the so-called “humanitarian distribution sites” of GHF.
There’s nothing humanitarian about it—it’s a display of inhumanity and humiliation. pic.twitter.com/Sd5k489UzQ
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) May 31, 2025
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