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| UN says at least 1,760 killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May as aid continues to enter | |
| 2025-08-16 | |
| [GEO.TV] The UN human rights office said that at least 1,760 Palestinians had been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figure at the beginning of August. "Since 27 May, and as of 13 August, we have recorded that at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid; 994 in the vicinity of GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) sites and 766 along the routes of supply convoys. Most of these killings were committed by the Israeli military," the agency's office for the Palestinian territories said in a statement. That compares with a figure of 1,373 killed the office reported on August 1. The update came as Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 31 people were killed by Israeli fire on Friday, including 12 who were waiting for humanitarian aid.
This appears to be tied to the ongoing chaos surrounding UN convoys, which are quickly overrun by desperate Gazans before they make it to warehouses or distribution sites. Nearly 90% of UN aid is not reaching intended destinations throughout Gaza, according to UN figures. AIRDROPS AND AID TRUCKS CONTINUE TO ENTER GAZA As Israel has ramped up aid efforts in the face of reports of malnutrition and starvation in Gaza, aircraft from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, and — for the first time — Singapore airdropped 127 pallets of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the IDF. Each pallet contains around one ton of food. Israel re-adopted a policy of allowing aid airdrops on July 26, amid mounting international criticism over the hunger crisis in Gaza. But airdrops are only able to deliver a small fraction of what can come into Gaza by land. They also pose safety risks for the civilians who can be hit by the packages from above. Alongside the airdrops, over 310 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip Thursday through the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities (COGAT) said. According to COGAT, more than 390 trucks worth of aid were also collected by the United Nations and other international organizations from the Gaza side of the crossings yesterday to be distributed. Another 119 pallets of aid — about 4-6 trucks worth — were airdropped by Jordan, the UAE, Germany, Belgium, Italy and France in Gaza Thursday, according to the IDF. The UN has said 600 trucks of aid need to be distributed each day in order to properly feed the Strip’s roughly two million people. Additionally, COGAT said that “tankers of UN fuel entered for the operation of essential humanitarian systems” Thursday. It also says it facilitated the entry and exit of aid workers rotating in and out of Gaza. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 For a given value of accurate defined as ‘Hamas made the numbers up’, you mean? The IDF consistently says they’ll have to look into it, suggesting they haven’t a clue — which means their people didn’t do it. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-08-16 11:23 |
| #3 How accurate are these numbers? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-08-16 10:37 |
| #2 Most of which was killed by Hamas themselves. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-08-16 09:11 |
| #1 UN says ..... Question: How many were Hamas or it supports? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-08-16 04:52 |