Deadly Chaos Erupts at Gaza Aid Sites After 11-Week Blockade Eased

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Aid distribution in Gaza is turning deadly, as hungry Palestinians rushed to centers and gunfire broke out. Israel is allowing aid from select sources, including the United Nations and the controversial U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund. But the UN says not all of its trucks have been able to get to where people need the aid.

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00:00SCRAMBLING FOR FOOD, HUNGRY PALESTINIANS SWARM A UNITED NATIONS WAREHOUSE IN GAZA.

00:08THE AIDS SITE WAS NOT OPEN, BUT CROWDS OF PEOPLE BROKE INTO THE BUILDING LOOKING FOR FOOD.

00:14A HOSPITAL SAID FOUR PEOPLE DIED AND OTHERS WERE INJURED IN THE CHAOS.

00:18AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND NEARLY 50 WERE INJURED BY GUNFIRE AT ANOTHER SITE IN SOUTHERN GAZA,

00:24CONTROLLED BY THE CONTROVERSIAL U.S. BACK TO GAZA HUMANITARIAN FUND.

00:28THESE INCIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING AID SAFELY TO THE 2.1 MILLION PALESTINIANS ON THE BRINK OF HUNGER.

00:35THE MODEL OF AID DISTRIBUTION PROPOSED BY ISRAEL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH CORE HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLE.

00:43IT WILL DEPRIVE LARGE PART OF GAZA, THE HIGHLY VENERABLE PEOPLE, OF DESPERATELY NEEDED ASSISTANCE.

00:53AFTER AN 11-WEEK AID BLOCKADE, ISRAEL IS ONLY ALLOWING THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE GHF TO PROVIDE

01:00RELIEF TO THE 2.1 MILLION PALESTINIANS IN THE ENCLAVE.

01:03BUT OTHER AID GROUPS SAY STRATEGIC GHF AID DISTRIBUTION SITES IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GAZA

01:09COULD BE USED TO DISPLACE PALESTINIANS FURTHER.

01:12ISRAEL ANNOUNCED GOALS TO PUSH PALESTINIANS OUT OF NORTHERN GAZA AND OCCUPY 75% OF THE ENCLAVE WITHIN TWO MONTHS.

01:20OVER 50,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST GAZA, WITH DOZENS MORE DYING EACH DAY.

01:27AT THE UNITED NATIONS, THE PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR PLEADED FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE.

01:32DOZENS OF CHILDREN ARE DYING OF STARVATION.

01:41THE IMAGES OF MOTHERS EMBRACING THEIR MOTIONLESS BODIES,

01:48CREASING THEIR HAIR, TALKING TO THEM, APOLOGIZING TO THEM.

02:00BUT DESPITE MELTING INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM,

02:08ISRAEL CONTINUES TO DIG IN.

02:10IN AN ADDRESS ON THE 600TH DAY OF THE WAR,

02:13PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU PRAISED ISRAELI CONTROLLED AID EFFORTS

02:17AS PART OF ITS FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS.

02:19In the last few days, we are making a dramatic statement for a complete investigation of Hamas.

02:26We are taking from them the transition of the basin of the sea.

02:31This is the money for them.

02:33This is what will be the terrorist army of them.

02:35And this is what will be the terrorist army of them.

02:39Because we also have to destroy the terrorist army of them.

02:43And we also have to destroy the terrorist army of them.

02:45And the two things we will do.

02:47He also claimed that Hamas' Gaza chief Mohamed Sinwar had been killed.

02:52With Israel determined to bring back the rest of its hostages and root out Hamas,

02:56it's the millions of displaced, hungry Palestinians that are caught in the middle.

03:00Kline Wong and Tiffany Wong for Taiwan Plus.

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