GHF aid scheme is ‘orchestrated killing,’ says MSF
The Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is “a system of institutionalised starvation and dehumanisation,” Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said.
In a report published on Thursday titled “This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing”, MSF said that the GHF lacks experience in conducting safe relief deliveries and that the mechanism has resulted in extreme violence and killings.
Due to the pattern of violence reported at these aid distribution sites, MSF teams began monitoring the GHF’s social media for announcements about site openings to ensure medical teams were stationed in those areas.
The GHF-run distribution sites have been largely condemned by international organisations and rights activist as “death traps“.
At least 1,700 people have been killed while seeking aid since 27 May, most of whom were killed near GHF sites, the Palestinian health ministry reported.
Though the GHF has said it only uses pepper spray or fires warning shots to control crowds, testimonies presented by MSF show that attacks on civilians have been both “indiscriminate and targeted”.
