Civilians in Gaza face heavy attacks while seeking food at aid centers: UN agency

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported Saturday that civilians suffering from hunger in the Gaza Strip have come under heavy Israeli attacks while seeking food at aid distribution centers, Anadolu reports. UNRWA cited in a statement the testimony of a Palestinian survivor of an attack on a distribution center in Rafah, which had been established by the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)under the guise of humanitarian aid. The statement noted that starving Palestinians, in their desperate search for food, are being exposed to intense Israeli assaults at the so-called distribution centers, putting their lives at severe risk. It said many return home empty-handed after surviving attacks. The statement underlined the urgent need to resume […]