GHF cancels food deliveries in Gaza today after nearly 100 dead and 400 injured in Israeli attacks.

The Israeli army killed at least 95 people and injured 440 others in Gaza on Tuesday , the Palestinian Health Ministry reported Wednesday in its daily tally based on the arrival of victims at the enclave's hospitals.
The ministry also detailed that rescue teams recovered the bodies of two Palestinians who had died in previous days and were trapped under the rubble.

Palestinian women bid farewell to their loved ones at Al-Ahli Hospital. Photo: AFP
" Several victims remain under the rubble and on the roads , unable to be treated by ambulances or civil defense teams. The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 54,607 martyrs and 125,341 wounded since October 7, 2023," the text details.
Among those 95 dead, at least 27 died early Tuesday morning when Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for food deliveries near a food distribution center in Rafah, southern Gaza.
Gazan families lost their fathers, who are often the ones who go out to find food to feed their children while mothers stay in tents, after Israel forced the creation of aid distribution points, instead of allowing the United Nations and other NGOs to distribute it throughout Gaza.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which runs a field hospital in Rafah, confirmed yesterday that at least 27 Gazans were killed early Tuesday morning and another 157 were wounded by gunfire, "the highest number of patients wounded by weapons received in a single incident since the establishment of the field hospital," according to a statement.
According to the Islamist group Hamas, at least 102 people have died near humanitarian aid distribution points since the foundation began operating in the Strip early last week.
Israeli military spokesman Effie Defrin later told a press conference that Hamas's figures were "exaggerated."

GHF humanitarian aid distribution point in Gaza. Photo: AFP
The Israeli army admitted to opening fire half a kilometer from the distribution point "on several suspects who were advancing toward the troops in a manner that posed a threat," though it provided no evidence of what happened and said it would investigate the incident.
Since the beginning of the war, Israel has prevented independent entry of the international press into the enclave, making it difficult to verify these situations.
On Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk denounced Israel's deadly attacks on desperate Palestinians trying to access "meager amounts of food aid in Gaza" from Saturday to Monday, leaving at least 62 dead and hundreds injured.
Türk added that deliberately obstructing access to food and other basic life-saving supplies for civilians can also be considered a war crime, as can threats by Israeli policymakers to empty the Gaza Strip of its population.

Palestinians check out the damage caused by Israeli attacks. Photo: AFP
In an Arabic message posted last night on its Facebook account, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the centers will remain closed on Wednesday for "renovations" and "efficiency improvements," leaving millions of Gazans without food.
The Israeli military confirmed that the GHF, the Israeli and US-backed food distribution group in the enclave, will not open its distribution centers this Wednesday.

The GHF circumvents the UN-led humanitarian aid system. Photo: AFP
"We confirm that tomorrow it is prohibited to travel on the roads leading to the distribution centers, which are considered combat zones, and it is strictly forbidden to enter the areas of the distribution centers ," wrote the army's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, on social media.
GHF operations will resume on Thursday, according to the statement shared on Facebook.
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