The new group backed by Israel and the US for aid distribution in Gaza says Hamas attacked a bus transporting some of its Palestinian workers, killing at least five people.<\/p>\n
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the attack happened on Wednesday night as the bus carrying more than two-dozen workers travelled to a distribution centre in southern Gaza, and that it came after days of threats from Hamas.<\/p>\n
The BBC cannot independently verify the statement, and Hamas has not commented but it previously denied it had threatened the foundation’s staff.<\/p>\n
The system started operating on 26 May, to bypass the United Nations (UN) and other established organisations to distribute aid in Gaza. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Since then, its work has been marred by controversy and violence, with deadly incidents happening near its hubs almost every day.<\/p>\n
The UN, which has refused to co-operate with the system, and aid organisations say it contravenes the humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, local doctors said dozens more Palestinians were killed or injured by Israeli soldiers as they tried to access food at the foundation’s distribution centres.<\/p>\n
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the attack followed days of threats from Hamas – and that they feared some workers had been “taken hostage”.<\/p>\n
“We condemn this heinous and deliberate attack in the strongest possible terms,” it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military did not immediately corroborate the allegation, but shared part of the GHF’s statement, adding: “Hamas will stop at nothing to maintain control and prevent the effective delivery of aid”. <\/p>\n
On Saturday, the GHF accused Hamas of making threats that “made it impossible” to operate in Gaza. Hamas denied this and said the GHF operation had “utterly failed on all levels”. <\/p>\n
The GHF’s mechanism has been criticised as insufficient, as a limited amount of supplies is being handed out, and inhumane, as it requires people to travel to crowded distribution hubs, at great risk.<\/p>\n
Almost every day since it began operating, there have been deadly shootings near one or other of the four centres it has opened, by Israeli soldiers and armed Palestinians.<\/p>\n
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says more than 200 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 others injured while trying to reach areas designated for aid distribution during that time.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, at least 25 people were killed near a GHF convoy in Gaza’s Netzarim corridor, according to two hospitals in Gaza City. <\/p>\n
The GHF had earlier said that 43,000 food parcels were handed out “without incident” across Gaza.<\/p>\n
The US and Israel say delivering aid through the GHF will prevent it being stolen by Hamas. The UN says this is not a widespread issue, while Hamas denies doing it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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