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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger in Jerusalem

More mass casualties near Gaza food points as GHF says five staff killed

Displaced Palestinians crowd together trying to receive food
Displaced Palestinians gather to receive hot meals distributed by a charity organisation in Gaza City. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The bloody chaos that has overtaken food distribution in Gaza has worsened with more mass casualties among Palestinians trying to reach humanitarian assistance, while the US-Israeli organisation tasked with aid deliveries claimed that five of its local workers had been killed by Hamas.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) claimed on Thursday that a bus full of its Palestinian staff was attacked by Hamas at 10pm local time on Wednesday, with at least five deaths and other workers taken hostage.

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