At least 32 people were killed and more than 100 injured when Israeli troops opened fire near a food distribution site, run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza. The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has replaced UN agencies as the main distributor of aid in the territory. This seems to be the latest episode of violence connected to the food distribution system in Gaza. These are not accidents but the predictable outcome of a system that lures desperate people into militarized traps. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has become a death sentence for hundreds. 

More than 670 Palestinians have been killed since May near sites according to the UN figures. Starving families, driven by hunger after months of blockade, trek through combat zones only to face gunfire, tanks, and drones. Witnesses describe chaos—Israeli forces firing on crowds, bodies piling up, survivors fleeing empty-handed. The irony is grotesque: aid meant to........

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