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‘A shell fell metres away’: one man’s attempt to reach GHF food hub in Gaza


Abdullah Ahmed was hit by shrapnel while on a desperate mission to feed his family

Just after midnight on Thursday morning, Abdullah Ahmed left his sleeping wife and children in their small and crowded home in the battered al-Bureij camp in central Gaza and headed north. The 31-year-old vegetable seller had heard that the nearby aid distribution site recently opened by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a secretive Israeli- and US-backed private organisation that began operations in the territory last month, would be handing out food at 2am.

To get there early and maximise his chance of grabbing a box of flour, oil, beans and other basics, Ahmed and some friends set out across the dangerous rubble-strewn roads.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/22/how-one-man-barely-escaped-alive-after-trying-to-reach-ghf-food-hub-in-gaza

Author : Jason Burke and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

Publish date : 2025-06-22 16:39:00

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