from IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 27 May 2025 15:33
https://lemmy.world/post/30339734
Palestinians clamoured for aid and gunfire rang out in chaotic scenes, as a controversial US-Israeli aid distribution scheme turned to shambles.
Journalists in the besiged Gaza Strip said hungry and beleagured residents forced to stand outside a facility holding aid rushed inside because of delays conducting detailed security checks on recepients.
According to Israeli army sources cited by Israeli media, Americans affiliated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation had to be rescued once they lost control of the facility.
The Israeli military denied firing on the crowds but gunfire was heard at the scene, possibly as a result of warning shots fired by American mercenaries securing the facility. There have been no reports of deaths or injuries so far.
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Initial online media:
Pictures of the gates before:
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7007d1fc-079d-48e7-b68c-75fdf358b85a.jpeg">
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fbfbcbd4-6c4c-4035-aea8-d63cca593ba7.jpeg">
Close video of the stampede: i.imgur.com/ofCDMdB.mp4
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a753a377-1b97-4523-b559-2524961b265b.png">
Long distance video of the stampade: i.imgur.com/OzVJNya.mp4
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bca3dee3-4a40-44ac-b78d-73e9244bf046.png">
So what did people think would happen when not enough aid is kind of let in to a long-starving, traumatized nation, actively being genocided?
hint: it did not “break down” - the plan all along was to starve the people for as long as the world would allow it.
Unfortunately I assume that’s now going to turn from delayed aid to no aid for a while.
🙄
Stop restricting UN’s proven food distribution programme from doing their thing, IDF!
Honestly, good for them. If you’re starving to death, you get food Now.
No. That can kill you too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome