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Reports allege oxycodone pills were found in aid flour bags in Gaza
Widespread reports are circulating about allegations that Oxycodone pills were found inside flour bags distributed in Gaza by an entity identified as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, France 24 says in a report. The news outlet is investigating the veracity of these claims as part of its 'Truth or Fake' segment, which examines widely shared but unverified information. The allegations specifically concern aid provided through what are described as US-Israeli aid centers.
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Time of India
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- Time of India
UN records 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys or aid distribution points run by US group
UN records 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys or aid distribution points run by US group(AP PHOTO) NEW DELHI: The U.N. human rights office said Friday it has recorded 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys and at aid distribution points run by an Israeli-backed American organization since it first began operations in late May. Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the rights office was not able to attribute responsibility for the killings. But she said "it is clear that the Israeli military has shelled and shot at Palestinians trying to reach the distribution points" operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. She said it was not immediately clear how many of those killings had taken place at GHF sites, and how many occurred near convoys. Speaking to reporters at a regular briefing, Shamdasani said the figures covered the period from May 27 through June 27, and "there have been further incidents" since then. She said she was basing the information on an internal situation report at the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Shamdasani said the figures, compiled through its standard vetting processes, were not likely to tell a complete picture, and "we will perhaps never be able to grasp the full scale of what's happening here because of the lack of access" for U.N. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like El precio de esto kit de alarma que arrasa en Córdoba te sorprenderá Verisure Alarma Ver oferta Undo teams to the areas. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. DEIR al-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli airstrikes killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza early on Friday, while another 20 people died in shootings while waiting for aid, the hospital morgue that received their bodies told The Associated Press. Those killed in the strikes included eight women and one child. Nasser Hospital said the 20 who die who were killed near distribution sites in Rafah and 18 who were waiting for trucks to deliver supplies elsewhere in southern Gaza. Israel's military did not immediately provide comment on the strikes. Meanwhile, Israel's military said a soldier was killed in combat in the north of Gaza and it was investigating. Over 860 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the war began, including more than 400 during the fighting in Gaza. The recent killings took place as efforts to halt the 21-month war appeared to be moving forward. Hamas said Friday that it was holding discussions with leaders of other Palestinian factions to discuss a ceasefire proposal presented to it by Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Hamas will give its final response to mediators after the discussions have concluded, the statement said. The Health Ministry in Gaza said the number of Palestinians killed in the territory has passed 57,000. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count, but says more than half of the dead are women and children. The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages. According to Palestinian witnesses and Gaza's Health Ministry, several hundred people have been killed or wounded by Israeli troops when trying to reach the aid sites since they opened in May. The military has repeatedly said it's fired only warning shots, denies deliberately firing towards civilians, and says it's looking into reports of civilian harm.
New Indian Express
5 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Strikes kill 94 Palestinians in Gaza, including 45 people waiting for aid, authorities say
TEL AVIV: Israeli airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza late Wednesday and Thursday, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday. Families wept over the bodies from a strike that hit a tent camp during the night as displaced people slept in southern Gaza. At least 13 members of a single family were killed, including at least six children under 12. 'My children, my children … my beloved,' wailed Intisar Abu Assi, sobbing over the bodies of her son and daughters and their young children. Another woman kissed the forehead of a dead little girl wrapped in a blanket on the floor of the morgue at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis. In central Gaza, a boy stroked the face of his dead sister, 6-year-old Heba Abu Etiwi, in a morgue at Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital. The girl and another of her brothers were among eight people killed when a strike Wednesday evening hit near a stand selling falafel. A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people. The toll from strikes emerged as more Palestinians were killed in near-daily shootings while trying to obtain aid. Five were killed on the roads leading to food-distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip's population. Another 40 were killed while waiting for trucks carrying U.N. aid in several locations around Gaza, according to hospital officials. Witnesses have said Israeli troops regularly unleash barrages on crowds of Palestinians trying to reach the GHF sites. Witnesses have also reported troops opening fire when crowds of people mass near military-run zones of Gaza, waiting for U.N. trucks to enter. More than 500 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more wounded since the food-distribution sites opened in May. The Israeli military, whose forces are deployed on the roads leading to the sites, says it fires warning shots to control crowds or at Palestinians who approach its troops. Armed U.S. contractors guard the sites.
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Time of India
'94 killed in Gaza overnight, including 45 waiting for aid'
TEL AVIV: Israeli airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza late Wednesday and Thursday, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the health ministry said on Thursday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Families wept over the bodies from a strike that hit a tent camp during the night as displaced people slept in southern Gaza. At least 13 members of a single family were killed, including at least six children under 12. "My children, my children ... my beloved," wailed Intisar Abu Assi, sobbing over the bodies of her son and daughters and their young children. Another woman kissed the forehead of a dead little girl wrapped in a blanket on the floor of the morgue at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis. In central Gaza, a boy stroked the face of his dead sister, 6-year-old Heba Abu Etiwi, in a morgue at Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital. The girl and another of her brothers were among eight people killed when a strike Wednesday evening hit near a stand selling falafel. A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people. The toll from strikes emerged as more Palestinians were killed in near-daily shootings while trying to obtain aid. Five were killed on the roads leading to food-distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip's population. Another 40 were killed while waiting for trucks carrying UN aid in several locations around Gaza, according to hospital officials.
