07/13/2025 / By Lance D Johnson
In the scorching heat of Gaza, families desperate for food face a cruel choice: risk death by Israeli gunfire or perish from starvation. Since the end of May, nearly 800 Palestinians have been gunned down on their way to food distribution hubs and aid convoys, according to the UN—yet Western media remains eerily silent. Amid Israel’s relentless bombing campaign, backed by $3.8 billion in annual U.S. weapons funding, Gaza’s humanitarian infrastructure lies in ruins. The newly imposed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)—an Israeli-backed alternative to the UN—has transformed aid distribution into a militarized death trap, where mercenaries oversee starvation while the West looks the other way. This is not counter-terrorism; this is genocide under military occupation, and the world must wake up before Gaza is erased from the map entirely.
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The GHF—propped up by Israel as a “solution” to alleged UN-Hamas aid diversion—has proven nothing short of a death squad disguised as humanitarian relief. The UN found zero evidence of Hamas diverting UN aid, yet Israel used this baseless claim to dismantle Gaza’s only stream of life support. Now, Palestinians must navigate complex, militarized routes just to receive a single meal, often under gunfire from GHF-hired mercenaries or IDF snipers.
Ravina Shamdasani, UN human rights spokesperson, reported: “Up until 7 July, we’ve recorded now 798 killings, including 615 in the vicinity of the GHF.”
The GHF dismissed these figures as “false”, yet survivors recount near-daily shootings at distribution points. Medical staff describe the aftermath:
“The hospital was overcrowded, hallways filled with gunshot wounds… shells landed outside while we treated children.” —Dr. Ahmad al-Farra, Nasser Hospital. While the deaths aren’t occuring directly at the GHF sites, IDF soldiers are taking advantage of the route systems that funnel hungry Gazans into a death trap as they seek shelter and food.
As Gaza’s food supply vanishes, the consequences are catastrophic:
Israel’s “humanitarian city” proposal— which includes forcing displaced Gazans into southern camps—has been condemned as ethnic cleansing by UNRWA. Juliette Touma warned: “This plan worsens displacement—people cannot survive in these conditions.”
Meanwhile, Israeli negotiators have stalled ceasefires, demanding Hamas’s be totally eradicated before any peace deal can take place. This is an impossible precondition, as Hamas ideology will persist and the IDF will always find a reason to keep fighting. Meanwhile, Gaza burns and innocents suffer.
The U.S. bankrolls this carnage with billions in weapons, while media outlets parrot IDF propaganda. The Lancet estimates 149,000–600,000 Palestinian deaths from siege-induced disease and starvation—yet even this report is dismissed by skeptics, despite Gaza’s 31,000 confirmed dead since October.
As Nahla Abu Qursheen, a mother of four, pleads: “Wake up and stop this war—enough of death, hunger, and displacement.”
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