{"id":9606,"date":"2025-07-21T15:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=9606"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:20:18","slug":"sie-wollten-nur-essen-der-toedlichste-tag-fuer-hungernde-in-gaza-seit-kriegsbeginn-das-geht-ueber-jegliche-grenze-menschlicher-ethik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/sie-wollten-nur-essen-der-toedlichste-tag-fuer-hungernde-in-gaza-seit-kriegsbeginn-das-geht-ueber-jegliche-grenze-menschlicher-ethik\/","title":{"rendered":"\"They Just Wanted to Eat\" \u2013 The Deadliest Day for the Starving in Gaza Since the Beginning of the War - This Crosses Every Boundary of Human Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a Sunday like so many others: marked by hardship, by hope, by the instinctive drive to survive. In the streets of northern Gaza, amid ruins, dust, and burnt-out vehicles, a crowd had gathered. Dozens, hundreds of Palestinians pressed toward a United Nations convoy \u2013 25 trucks carrying the most valuable goods left in this besieged world: bread, rice, lentils, water. The people had nothing. And they wanted nothing more than a few kilos of life. Then the shooting began. On Monday, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) issued serious accusations: Israeli tanks, snipers, and other armed units allegedly opened fire on the waiting crowd. Reports speak of \"numerous deaths,\" of \"merciless violence against the starving,\" of a breach of all assurances meant to protect humanitarian corridors. At least 80 people were reported dead by the Gaza Health Ministry. According to several sources, it was one of the deadliest days for civilians in search of food since the war began over 21 months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A photographer we are personally acquainted with, who also works for Gulf News among others, counted 31 bodies at Shifa Hospital alone. Another 20 lay in the courtyard of Sheikh Radwan Clinic. Among them were children. Among them were men who had stood in line. Among them were women with empty bags. \"These people were simply trying to get some food to save themselves and their families from starving,\" the World Food Programme stated. The convoys were reportedly traveling under express assurances from Israel \u2013 it had been promised that no armed forces would be present or interfere along the route. But Sunday painted a different picture. The WFP spoke of a \"massive breach of trust\" and demanded: \"Shootings near humanitarian missions, convoys, and food distributions must stop immediately.\" Israel, by contrast, responded vaguely. Army spokesperson Nadav Shoshani wrote on X that soldiers had been ordered: \"Do not shoot.\" An attached video shows soldiers standing next to a truck, one of them shouting repeatedly: \"Do not shoot!\" Whether the video is authentic and connected to the incident remains unclear. International media still have no access to the Gaza Strip \u2013 independent verification is nearly impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But the pattern repeats. In recent days, multiple Palestinians have been killed while approaching new distribution centers run by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation \u2013 a system supported by the US and Israel that is increasingly replacing traditional UN agencies. The violence is escalating, coordination is collapsing. Those seeking food are risking their lives. The war, which began on October 7, 2023, with the terrorist attack by Hamas, has long since turned into an open campaign. Over 59,000 Palestinians have been killed so far, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry, more than half of them women and children. The figures come from authorities under Hamas, but due to the lack of alternative structures, they are considered reliable even by the UN. Israel does not publicly distinguish between militants and civilians, but regularly points to Hamas\u2019s use of civilian infrastructure. This was also the case on Monday, after an airstrike in the Muwasi area near Khan Younis again killed civilians \u2013 a tent camp was hit, including a family with two children. At the same time, the Israeli military is expanding its evacuation orders \u2013 even in regions that had previously been relatively spared. A new battleground appears to be forming, Palestinians are being squeezed into ever smaller areas, while aid deliveries fail to meet demand \u2013 and have now become a deadly risk themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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