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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: Gaza food points called a ‘death trap’ as hundreds of civilians killed seeking aid

Crowds of people and man holding up bloodied hand
A Palestinian man holds up his bloodied palm after he carried casualties of one of the many shootings of people seeking aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters

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Raed Jamal sends the message shortly after he returns, empty-handed, from a food distribution point to his tent in the al-Mawasi displacement camp in south-west Gaza. “The tanks came and started firing. Three boys near me were martyred,” says the 36-year-old, who has four children. “I didn’t even get anything, just two empty boxes.”

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