From: The Times of Israel June 2, 2025 Israel punches back at UN chief for demanding probe into Gaza aid site shooting.
Israel calls a demand from United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres for an investigation into reported violence at a Gaza aid site a “disgrace.”
Israel's Foreign Ministry called a statement on X by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in which he said he was "appalled by the reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in Gaza," a "disgrace" for failing to condemn Hamas.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein writes on X: 1. “Even if you look very hard, there’s one word you won’t find in the Secretary-General’s statement: Hamas,” 2. “Not a word about the fact that Hamas is the one shooting civilians and trying to prevent them from collecting aid packages.” 3. “Not a word about the fact that Hamas — as stated by US Special Envoy Witkoff — rejected yet another ceasefire proposal and the release of the hostages.”
Guterres said on Monday he was “appalled” by reports that Palestinians were killed the previous day on their way to a Gaza Humanitarian Fund GHF distribution site for aid, that the UN must be allowed to provide aid to Gazans, and said that there is no military solution to the conflict in Gaza.
Multiple 'witnesses' and Hamas authorities in the Strip said at least 31 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded early Sunday by Israeli fire as they were on their way to a Gaza Humanitarian Fund distribution site in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israel Defense Forces said it didn’t shoot Gazans at or near the distribution site, but an Israeli military official acknowledged that troops did fire warning shots overnight around a kilometer away from the aid site.
Israel and the United States say they helped establish the new aid system to circumvent Hamas, which they accuse of siphoning off assistance. UN agencies have refused to work with the system, which they say violates humanitarian principles.
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Sour grapes: UNRWA and International aid organizations, who have been against the GHF set up from the beginning have again condemned the new GHF aid distribution model being enforced in Gaza, labelling it as a "death trap"
Marmorstein says that: “the real investigation that needs to be opened is why the UN continues to resist any attempt to provide aid directly to the people of Gaza.”
