Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Gaza Media Office has released a grim report detailing the number of starved Palestinians killed and wounded while trying to collect food from US and Israeli ‘aid centers’ in Rafah and central Gaza, which were described as “death traps.”
Between May 27 and June 15, Israeli forces killed 300 starved civilians and wounded 2,649 others as they approached aid distribution points. The attacks, carried out using tanks, helicopters, and drones, targeted unarmed Palestinians desperate for food.
“These are not isolated incidents,” the Media Office said. “Israeli occupation forces are deliberately killing the starved; young men, elderly, and children, as they search for food.”
The office reaffirmed that Israel is using the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which operates under US-Israeli oversight, to funnel civilians into Israeli firing zones. “This institution is a dirty tool in the hands of the occupation army,” the statement read. “It serves as a cover for organized genocide.”
According to the daily casualty breakdown, Israeli gunfire struck aid seekers on nearly every date:
- May 27: 3 killed, 46 injured
- May 28: 10 killed, 89 injured
- June 1: 35 killed, 232 injured, 2 missing
- June 2: 26 killed, 122 injured
- June 3: 27 killed, 127 injured
- June 6: 8 killed, 142 injured
- June 8: 11 killed, 193 injured
- June 9: 11 killed, 249 injured
- June 10: 36 killed, 295 injured
- June 11: 57 killed, 363 injured
- June 12: 21 killed, 294 injured
- June 13–14: 29 killed, 380 injured
- June 15: 26 killed, 117 injured
The total toll also includes 9 missing persons. Many are feared dead, with their bodies yet to be recovered from strike zones.
The Media Office had warned of Israel’s intent to use hunger as a weapon. “The Israeli occupation deliberately creates total chaos in the Gaza Strip by enforcing starvation and deliberately targeting and killing the starved,” it said.
Photos and footage from Gaza show aid seekers running through open fields or crowding around trucks, only to be gunned down moments later. Human rights groups have called for an international investigation.
The report adds to growing documentation of Israel’s use of aid as a military trap, not a relief effort.
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