https://truthout.org/articles/why-are-americans-letting-israel-starve-us-to-death-in-gaza/
On June 10, my brother Mohammad and my cousin Kareem set out on foot at 2 am from Rimal neighborhood in northern Gaza, walking nearly 15 kilometers to the aid distribution point located near the dividing line between the north and south of the Strip.
These aid points are under full Israeli control and are deliberately opened during the most dangerous hours — deep in the night, under relentless airstrikes, total darkness, lawlessness, and even looting and violence.
They waited there until 8:00 in the morning, but in the end, they came back with nothing. Still, we thanked God they came back alive — because that day, we heard of many who didn’t.But what my cousin told us was more horrifying than any airstrike. He saw a man who wasn’t killed by a bullet or a bomb — but crushed to death beneath the wheels of an aid truck itself.
Israeli forces had issued strict orders: The aid trucks must not stop for anyone — not even those standing in their path.
The scene was unthinkable: A man waiting for food was run over by the very truck that was supposed to help him — because the orders were to keep moving, no matter what.
Hope for a loaf of bread has become a path to execution!
Imagine walking all that way — through fear, exhaustion, and silence — knowing that you’ll almost certainly return empty-handed… or not return at all.
On June 17, 70 Palestinians were killed in a single day during the distribution of U.S.-Israeli aid in southern Gaza — specifically in Khan Younis and Rafah — under the same repeated justification: “protecting American troops.” That same morning, around 7 am, I was shaken by the screams of neighbors in my area of Rimal. We soon learned that a young man from the Shaqoura family had been killed while trying to collect a bag of flour for his family. Instead of returning home with food, he returned as a lifeless body. He was killed in the Zikim area in northern Gaza — what we call Al-Sudaniyya — a newly assigned point for aid distribution. But even there, the killings continue, as if death has become the price we must pay for hunger relief!
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not merely a human tragedy, it is a widespread catastrophe threatening every living being on this land. Since the beginning of the war, even the animals have not been spared — horses and donkeys are deliberately killed and destroyed to prevent them from assisting us in moving and surviving. This intentional targeting of animals is part of a systematic strategy to immobilize the population and deepen our suffering. These animals, once an inseparable part of our lives and a vital source of support, now teeter on the brink of death due to starvation and deliberate killing.
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