After throngs of Palestinians overran one of its new aid distribution sites on its second day of operation, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says that its American security subcontractors fell back to allow “a small number” of people to take food.
“The needs on the ground are great. At one moment in the late afternoon, the volume of people at the SDS was such that the GHF team fell back to allow a small number of Gazans to take aid safely and dissipate,” GHF says in a statement that seems to try and downplay the incident that took place on just its second day of operations.
Israel has allowed aid to trickle into Gaza for the past week after blockading the Strip for 78 days.
Before the break-in, GHF says “approximately 8,000 food boxes have been distributed so far. Each box feeds 5.5 people for 3.5 days, totaling 462,000 meals.”
GHF claims its operations have returned to normal.
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