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Gaza: What happened while Iran conflict broke out?
The Guardian
|July 01, 2025
13 June On the day Israel launched its war with Iran, there was little let-up in its offensive in Gaza.
A tenuous ceasefire had broken down in March, with a wave of airstrikes following, as well as an 11-week blockade on all aid. Though some aid was allowed in from mid-May, military action intensified at the same time. Growing numbers of desperate Palestinians were being killed as they sought food either from looted aid convoys or from distribution hubs set up by the new, secretive Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by Israel and the US as an alternative to the existing, more comprehensive, UN-led system.
14 June At least 20 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes, according to local health officials, and another 11 near food distribution points run by the GHF. Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces fired on the crowds, while the Israeli military said it fired warning shots near people it described as suspects who approached its forces. Footage filmed in Gaza City showed people pleading for food at a distribution point.
A day later, eight more were killed in Gaza as they sought aid.
16 June Before dawn, Israeli troops opened fire on crowds of Palestinians heading for two hubs managed by GHF. At least 37 died, mainly while trying to reach the GHF centre near the southern city of Rafah, which has largely been razed by the Israeli military, and close to a second GHF site in central Gaza.
This story is from the July 01, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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