Chaos and help in the Gaza Strip: GHF opens controversial center!

Chaos and help in the Gaza Strip: GHF opens controversial center!

Rafah, Gazastreifen, Palästina - In the Gaza Strip, a new distribution center of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was recently opened, which provides humanitarian aid goods. It managed to distribute food aids from eight trucks without causing incidents. So far, the GHF has distributed 14,550 food packages that provide a total of 840,262 meals. Each package is able to feed 5.5 people for three days. New foods have also arrived at the first distribution station in Rafah, which are also to be distributed. Despite reports on initial tumults at the opening of the center, which led to injuries, the GHF decisively rejected the information about a dead and 47 injured by the UN Human Rights Office. She explained that there were no shots on crowds and there were no fatalities. According to the Israeli army, only warning shots were given outside the center. The GHF emphasized that the center had not been overrun or destroyed and that inappropriate reactions should be expected in such emergency situations. This is reported by the FAZ .

The new GHF distribution center follows the blockade of humanitarian deliveries by Israel. The foundation, which has close connections to the United States and Israel, has been viewed critically in the past few days. According to reports on Tuesday, there were two distribution locations to maintain the food distribution, but chaotic conditions and the penetration of civilians led to the distribution being temporarily discontinued. The GHF is expected to expand its operations to all four planned locations in the Gaza Strip in order to better meet the needs of the population. The GHF also plans to open further distribution centers, while the international community demands an increase in aid deliveries to prevent threatening famine. On social media there is a struggle for the sovereignty of interpretation of the new distribution centers, which some of the "intelligence operation" of Israel. This is reported by the ZDF

Criticism of the distribution of relief goods

The GHF sees itself due to the military actions on civil goals and report that Hamas avoids help, confronted with massive challenges. Doctors without borders expressed concern about the new distribution structures and criticized the militarization of humanitarian aid. Numerous voices warn of a dramatic humanitarian crisis, with the lack of acute lack of food, water and medication in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli government is aiming to avoid UN aid organizations and has announced that they take control of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip in order to prevent Hamas from turning off aid goods for their own purposes. Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke of a "current loss of control" and confirmed that further distribution centers are planned. This situation leads to international concerns and criticism, especially since many deaths have been reported in the Gaza Strip in the past few days, which further exacerbates the situation of the civilian population, as reported by the Tagesschau

The measures taken and the handling of the humanitarian crisis show the complexity of the situation in the Gaza Strip and the various interests that influence the actions of everyone involved, while humanity threatens to take a back seat.