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Palestinian Casualties While Queuing for Food Since GHF Implementation: May 2025
Reported Deaths and Injuries:- Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began overseeing aid distribution in late May 2025, between 500 and 549 Palestinians have been killed while queuing for or attempting to access food at GHF distribution sites and other aid convoys125810.
- The number of injured in these incidents is reported to be between 3,000 and 4,06612568.
Context and Patterns:
- Fatalities and injuries have occurred almost daily at or near GHF distribution points, which are often located inside or adjacent to Israeli military zones12358.
- Eyewitnesses, medical personnel, and journalists have frequently reported Israeli forces firing on crowds of Palestinians waiting for food, sometimes using live ammunition, tanks, and drones235.
- UN agencies and humanitarian organizations have condemned the situation, describing the aid distribution points as "death traps" and warning that the operation is "inherently unsafe"1258.
- Children have been among the casualties in more than half of the fatal incidents at food distribution sites since GHF began operations8.
Conclusion:
Since the GHF took over aid distribution in Gaza in late May 2025, at least 500–549 Palestinians have been killed and 3,000–4,066 injured while queuing for or attempting to access food, according to a range of credible sources including the UN, Gaza health authorities, and humanitarian organizations1256810. The majority of these casualties have occurred at or near GHF distribution sites, amid widespread reports of Israeli forces firing on unarmed civilians seeking aid.