Hungry Palestinians flood new U.S. and Israel-backed aid center in Gaza

Thousands of starving Palestinians swarmed a new aid distribution center in Gaza, taking boxes of food while private security fired live rounds into the air to disperse the crowds.
Thousands of hungry Palestinians flooded a controversial new aid distribution center in Gaza on Tuesday and made off with boxes of food while Israeli soldiers fired live rounds in the air to disperse the crowds.
It was a violent debut for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) facility near the city of Rafah, the first of four food distribution sites set up by the U.S.-backed organization and the Israeli military to control the flow of humanitarian aid into the crowded Palestinian territory.
The Hamas-run government in Gaza accuses the GHF of being "affiliated with the Israeli occupation administration itself."
Desperate for food after a three-month blockade of Gaza by the Israelis reduced aid shipments to a trickle, on Tuesday the throng could be seen in live video storming the barricades and removing boxes of aid while GHF workers looked on.
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