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Let humanitarian organisations do their jobs in Gaza

Southern Gaza killings at US-Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution points prove that replacing impartial humanitarian aid is as ineffective as it is deadly.

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Palestinian boys queue at a hot meal distribution point in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on June 4.

Palestinian boys queue at a hot meal distribution point in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on June 4.

PHOTO: AFP

Christopher Lockyear

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Deprived of food, water and medical aid, desperate Palestinians were penned in by fences, waiting to receive basic necessities for survival that were denied by Israel for nearly 90 days. Then chaos erupted. Shots were fired. Bloodshed.

More injury and death compounded weeks of hunger and 19 months of dehumanisation.

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