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Israel Rejects Charges of Palestinian Deaths at Gaza Aid Site
(Times of Israel) Lazar Berman - Israel on Monday called a demand by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for an investigation into alleged deadly violence at a Gaza humanitarian aid site a "disgrace." Ever since the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began distributing food inside Gaza last week, Hamas-controlled authorities have repeatedly claimed that dozens of people were being shot at the GHF sites. The GHF has been emphatic that the claims are false and accuses Hamas of attempting to undermine its aid distribution by spreading panic. Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein wrote on X: "There's one word you won't find in the secretary-general's statement: Hamas. Not a word about the fact that Hamas is the one shooting civilians and trying to prevent them from collecting aid packages. Not a word about the fact that Hamas - as stated by U.S. Special Envoy Witkoff - rejected yet another ceasefire proposal and the release of the hostages." Marmorstein said "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." The Israel Defense Forces said it didn't shoot Gazans at or near the distribution site and denounced the allegations as false. The GHF published 15 minutes of video footage from the distribution site showing that no Palestinian civilians were shot at the site and said, "Reports of injuries and fatalities are completely false and fabricated."