'Starving people' in besieged Gaza still being killed, says UNRWA chief

Israeli occupation forces killed at least 40 people, half of them near an aid distribution site operated by the US backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Tuesday, the war-shattered enclave's health ministry said, as UN officials denounced Israeli-backed aid delivery arrangements.

Medical workers said at least 20 people were killed and 200 others wounded near an aid distribution site in Rafah, the latest in daily mass shootings that have killed hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach food since Israel imposed a new distribution system after partly lifting a near three-month total blockade. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), stated Monday that 'starving people' are still being killed in Gaza, and that the current aid distribution system as a 'death trap'. He cited reports of mass casualties among starving civilians at distribution points, including injuries and deaths from gunshots. 'This system forces desperate people to walk long distances to access aid, often to areas heavily impacted by bombardment.

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