GHF says it distributed 34,000 boxes of food today in Gaza, its highest one-day total

The US- and Israeli-backed aid organization in Gaza says it delivered 45 truckloads of food today, totaling around 2.5 million meals in 34,000 boxes. This represents the most meals the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distributed in a day, according to its own reports.

GHF opened three sites today, two in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood and one in central Gaza.

The organization says distribution at all sites “proceeded without incident,” but health officials in Gaza reported that some 25 people were killed by Israeli fire as they approached an aid site.

IDF troops fired warning shots at Palestinians who approached forces and posed a threat in the Netzarim Corridor area of central Gaza overnight, the military said.

“It is also critical that news agencies take care not to confuse the public by reporting on GHF operations in the same breath as Israeli military operations far removed from distribution sites,” says the organization.

Photos from at least one distribution site showed mass crowds and chaos as Palestinians clamored for supplies.

The US- and Israeli-backed foundation says each box contains meals for 5.5 people for 3.5 days.

However, its contents are largely dry food products that require community kitchens or cooking equipment to prepare, which are very scarce in war-ravaged Gaza.