US-backed Gaza aid model ‘distraction from atrocities’, UNRWA chief says
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Philippe Lazzarini’s remarks come a day after a deadly incident at an aid distribution centre in Rafah.
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has condemned the new United States-backed aid model in Gaza, saying it is a “distraction from atrocities” taking place there, a day after chaotic scenes at an aid distribution centre in the coastal enclave.
On Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians clambered over fences to reach the humanitarian supplies at a distribution site run by the previously unknown, US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in Rafah, southern Gaza.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported at least one person was killed and dozens of others were wounded after forces opened fire.
Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory, told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday that 47 Palestinians were wounded, mainly by Israeli gunfire, during the incident.
The Israeli military said its forces had fired warning shots nearby.
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