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UN Condemns 'Weaponisation of Food' in Gaza
The Straits Times
|June 25, 2025
The UN on June 24 condemned Israel's apparent "weaponisation of food" in Gaza, a war crime, and urged the Israeli military to "stop shooting at people trying to get food".
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The head of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees also called a new US- and Israel-backed food distribution system in the Gaza Strip an "abomination".
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began handing out food in Gaza on May 26 after Israel completely cut off supplies into the occupied Palestinian territory for more than two months, sparking warnings of mass famine.
The UN and major aid groups have refused to cooperate with the GHF - an officially private effort with opaque funding - over concerns it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives.
"Israel's militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution," said UN human rights office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan.
This story is from the June 25, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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