Chaos on the first day of the US aid distribution in Gaza after weeks of famine

Chaos on the first day of the US aid distribution in Gaza after weeks of famine

On Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians override a Newly established location in southern Gaza. This location is part of a controversial new distribution mechanism for relief goods, which was approved by Israel and the USA and started after months of blockade on Tuesday.

chaos at the distribution point

Videos from the distribution point in Tel al-Sultan, which is operated by the Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF), showed great crowds that stormed the facilities, tear down fences and climb over barriers that were to serve to control the flow of people.

diplomatic reactions

A diplomatic civil servant described the chaos at the point of view as "no surprise". During the 11-week Israeli Blockade 2 million Palestinians in an escalating Humanitarian crisis It was only last week that flowed into the besieged enclave.

reactions of the Gaza Humanitrian Foundation

The GHF recognized the chaos and explained: "The GHF team withdrew to enable a small number of Gazans, to maintain help and to dispel. This was done according to the GHF protocol to avoid injuries." A source from the security services reported that American security contractors had not made any shots on site and that the operations should be resumed at the location on Wednesday.

criticism of the humanitarian blockade

"It is a big failure that we have warned," said Amjad Al-Shawa, director of the Network Palestinian Non-Guarantee. "If Israel believes that this distribution mechanism would work despite a blockade and the beginning of hunger, which would work against humanitarian principles, they are wrong."

distribution of relief goods

So far, the GHF has distributed around 8,000 food packages, which include a total of 462,000 meals. They state that the number of daily daily meals will increase, with the aim of supplying 1.2 million people - 60 % of the population of Gazas - with food by the end of the week.

preparation of further locations

The GHF prepares three additional locations to distribute relief goods, two of them in southern Gaza and one in the central Gaza. All locations in the south are located in an area that fell under a comprehensive command the day before.

Criticism of inadequate care in the north

There are no distribution locations in northern Gaza - a point that is criticized by many auxiliary experts. The UN had previously warned that the fact that the initial locations only in south and central gaza are located when encouragement for Israel's publicly declared goal could be interpreted to pass "the entire population of Gaza" from the north, as Defense Minister Israel Katz had formulated at the beginning of the month.

uno warns of inadequate aid delivery

The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian matters stated in a document that is available that this mechanism is practically unsustainable, would not be compatible with humanitarian principles and would create considerable security risks, while at the same time it does not meet Israel's obligations under international law.

Unrwa and the humanitarian situation

The United Nations announced on Tuesday that Israel continues to refuse to deliver food directly to families in the Gaza strip, although thousands of trucks are available to enter the area. The UN authority for the support and work of Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said that it was ready to "distribute significant amounts of help with other humanitarian organizations as soon as we are authorized".

"The amount of relief goods that was embedded in the Gaza strip was so minimal that it did not even reach families outside of a small area," said Unrwa in an explanation.

complications of the auxiliary mechanism

Israel and the United States have refused to name the humanitarian organizations that are involved in the controversial new mechanism. However, pictures of the GHF showed packages with the inscription "Rahma Worldwide", a non -profit organization based in Michigan, which indicates "help and support for the most at risk of the world's most at risk".

This is a developing history and is updated.