Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Degrading, murderous "aid distribution" operation

This is a developing event. Details included in these notes may be subject to adjustments as events unfold and new revelations are made through investigations by the press or NGOs.

On May 27, Israel launched its so-called aid distribution bases that started operating in Rafah under a new distribution system initially aimed at pushing Palestinians to be permanently displaced from the northern areas of the Gaza Strip by relocating to the southern areas to obtain food relief at the cost of no return.

The IDF built four such bases: three concentrated in western Rafah and one around the Netzarim corridor in Central Gaza.

According to UNOCHA's head of office in Gaza and the West Bank, "one of the new militarized distribution points in Gaza has been established on the site where Israeli forces killed and buried 15 first responders in a mass grave in March; a grotesque symbol of how life, and that which sustains it, is being both erased and controlled in Gaza."

Sources on the ground reported that armed American security contractors could not control the large crowd of Palestinians in dire need, given the lengthy (+70 days) aid blockade imposed by Israel. Footage shows that the forces started shooting on the premises and later withdrew from the area. Locals reported that three Palestinians were killed and 46 injured, noting that some of these casualties may have been caused by stampedes as people fled the gunfire.

As days passed, such shootings and ensuing massacres became a daily occurrence, spread between the Rafah and Netzarim sites. In turn, around mid-June, the "flour massacres" spread to other areas of the Gaza Strip. As people realized the risk of death and the chance of returning empty-handed from GHF sites, they started gathering around IDF-enforced aid entry routes to improve their chances of securing aid. The routes were mainly around the Tahlia area in Khan Younis and through the Zikim crossing in North Gaza, passing south to the Al-Sudaniya area in northwestern Gaza City.

A month after the GHF launched, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published testimonies from IDF soldiers corroborating what Palestinian journalists have been reporting all along. Soldiers testified that their commanders instructed troops to open fire on crowds to clear the lines, emphasizing that "there are no innocents in Gaza." The troops were instructed to fire shells under the guise of "warning shots," which were then followed by live rounds as people ran for cover. Soldiers described the GHF sites as a "killing field," where they are permitted to use mortars, grenades, and heavy machine guns.

The following is a timeline of days on which casualties were reported by local sources. These reports have not been fully verified against the timeline published by the Government Media Office in late June 2025.

May 27:

3 people were killed and 46 injured.

May 28:

10 people were killed, 89 wounded

June 1 dawn massacre

35 people were killed and around 230 wounded by gunshot injuries in the early dawn hours as they were headed a GHF base in Rafah to line up for aid. British surgeon volunteering at Nasser hospital Dr. Victoria Rose confirmed the victims came with gunshot wounds.

June 2:

Since the early morning hours, 26 other Palestinians were killed and 122 injured, all while the IDF denied access to ambulances. Identified victims:

1. Ahmad Abdulkarim Hussein Shaheen
2. Hasan Nayef Abdullah Abu Mtir
3. Muhannad Abdulfattah Muhammad Saad

June 3:

Around 6 am, the IDF opened fire on Palestinians amassing at the GHF base in Rafah. Instead of denying it, this time the IDF, through its stenographers, openly declared "For the third day in a row, the IDF says troops opened fire on Palestinian suspects who approached forces around 500 meters from a humanitarian aid distribution site in the Rafah"

According to investigative journalist Younis Tirawi, the IDF's 646th Brigade, commanded by Colonel Yoni HaCohen, was likely involved in the mass murder. The colonel is the son of Re’em HaCohen, a senior religious settler & head of the Otniel illegal outpost in Al-Khalil/Hebron.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that 27 people were killed and over 120 injured. The martyrs include:

1. Khaled Ahmad Mohammad Abu Suwailem
2. Abdullah Shadi Jawad Salah
3. Ibrahim Iyad Khamis Dahliz
4. Adnan Abdurazzaq Abu Harb
5. Fouad Shaker Diab Al-Ghannam
6. Abdullah Younis Fouad Al-Ghannam
7. Laila Abdullatif Sheikh Khalil
8. Muhammad Ahmad Hasan al-Shaqaqi
9. Muhammad Muhammad Jibril Abu Libda
10. Mahmoud Marwan Ahmad Al-Nahhal
11. Reem Salama Nasrallah Al-Akhras
12. Haitham Jabr Ismail Juma
13. Basel Muhammad Shaaban Abu Alwan
14. Kamal Arafat Abdullah Al-Nadi
15. Ibrahim Khaled Ibrahim Abu Zarqa
16. Hassan Ali Hassan al-Banna
17. Ismail Jihad Samir Al-Qunn
18. Muhammad Suleiman Abdulkarim Sheikh Eid
19. Nader Adel Helmi Shaat
20. Abdurahman Wissam Fakhri Al-Qadra
21. Hala Ismail Salama Al-Mashoukhi
22. Ulfat Fawzi Borhom Siam / Zo’rob
23. Faiza Suleiman Hussein Al-Hamidi
24. Baraa Hani Ahmad Abu Zanad
25. Mahmoud Muhammad Mahmoud Shaheen
26. Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad al-Najjar
27. Tayseer Salem Abdullah Abu Mustafa
28. Tayseer Qandeel Abdullah Abu Mustafa
29. Rasmi Ibrahim Abdullah Abu Mustafa
30. Muhammad Asaad Mahmoud Abu Mustafa
31. Hamza Hani Muhammad Asaliyah
32. Salim Isaid Salim Abdeen
33. Muhammad Akram Mutlaq Al-Dahoudi
34. Mahmoud Ahmad Radwan Abu Shaar

June 4:

Starting midnight, civilians started to gather at the site in Netzarim to increase their chances of securing food. Shortly after, they were shot at.

June 6:

I addition to 142 injuries, 8 Palestinians were killed, among them:

1. Suhail Hamza Qwaider
2. Ibrahim Muhammad Abu Samhan
3. Hamza Iyad Al-Jamal
4. Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Munirawi
5. Samir Awda Al-Nahhal

June 7:

Early morning, 8 Palestinians were killed in one of the sites in Rafah:

1. Saeb Hamad Abu Sawawin
2. Youssef Adel Abbas Khawaja
3. Yasser Abdullah Nasr-ul-Din Kahil
4. Nawal Khader Hassan Abu Shab
5. Youssef Khader Hasan Abu Shab
6. Muhammad al-Abd Azara al-Qar'an
7. Iyad Salman Abu Jiyab
8. Muadh Mahmoud Al-Qatran

June 9:

At least 14 people were confirmed killed at the site in Al-Alam area west of Rafah:

1. Suhaib Awadallah Abu Ouda
2. Saeed Hani Fadi Al-Attar (17 y/o, came from Beit Hanoun in North Gaza)
3. Omar Mohammad Salam Siam
4. Bassam Abdullah Abdurahman Awad
5. Mohammad Atta Saleh Ayoush
6. Omar Mohammad Fathi Abu Ouda
7. Nader Salim Al-Bayouk
8. Mohammad Hussein Ismail Khreis
9. Hanan Ali Abu Shanar (female)
10. Ihab Yusuf Mahmoud Abu Rumi
11. Ahmad Saleh Jarmi Al-Tarabin
12. Ahmad Muhammad Hasan Awad Al-Najjar
13. Yahya Mos'id Mansour Al-Zamli
14. Muhammad Khalil Abdurahman Saleh

Dr. Izzeddin Shaheen who works in central Gaza reported that Al-Awda hospital hospital received over 60 injuries for the aid site, refering to the one in Netzarim. As of 4 am, all the aid at Netzarim had already been taken, leaving most aid seekers empty-handed.

Dr. Shaheen shared his experience with one of the injured men in Netzarim. The person needed to undergo surgery but asked if he could be discharged the same day as he was the only provider for his disabled child after the child's mother was killed.

According to journalists on the ground, the shooting and killing have become a daily occurence.

The new development was that footage emerged showing the participation of armed members of the Yasser Abu Shabab looting gang that is endorsed by the IDF and the Israeli cabinet.

June 10:

Around 20 Palestinians were killed at Al-Nabulsi roundabout near the Neztzarim site. Footage on the ground documented the deployment of artillery shelling.

In addition, 8 were killed in Rafah.

June 11:

20 killed at the Netzarim site. 13 other were killed in Rafah:

1. Yazan Muhammad Abu Amra
2. Khaled Mahmoud Al-Majaida
3. Yusuf Muhammad Al-Najjar
4. Tariq Sameer Al-Tahrawi
5. Ihab Yusu Al-Salout
6. Rashad Atta Al-Qassas
7. Rifaat Shaaban Awad Al-Bash'hiqi
8. Ghazal Iyad Ismail Al-Farmawi
9. Ibrahim Muhammad Ahmad Lafi
10. Rafiq Muhammad Jabr Tayeh
11. Ibrahim Asaad Suleiman Baraka
12. Muhammad Talaat Abu Salima
13. Muhammad Husam Al-Abed
14. Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Sadoudi

June 12:

The Ministry of Health had announced that the cumulative death toll of aid seekers at GHF sites reached 245 killed and 2,152 injuries.

13 killed and 170 injured at the Netzarim site. According to local journalists, the casualties were caused by drones dropping grenades and gunfire towards the crowds.

In Rafah, at least 10 people were killed:

1. Qasem Abu Rahila
2. Saadia ABu Nahla
3. Yahya Ibrahim Al-Habibi
4. Saleh Ashraf Abu Tuaima
5. Muhammad Marwan Mohareb
6. Moayed Imaduddin Al-Sarsak
7. Muhammad Anwar Al-Nahhal
8. Muhammad Nahed Dababesh
9. Muhammad Saleh Al-Madani
10. Rajab Sabri Abu Sultan

June 14:

At midnight, Israeli drones opened fire on crowds gathered to wait for aid distribution in northeast Nuseirat, leading to 15 people being killed and dozens of injuries.

Identified victims:

1. Hadi Saadi Abu Taha
2. Yusuf Muhammad Al-Mudallal
3. Watan Mahmoud Al-Tantawi
4. Bassam Abu Isha
5. Sobhi Al-Atawna
6. Abdullah Al-Batran

June 15

At least 3 Palestinians killed near the Netzarim site. In Rafah, 10 were killed and more than 50 injured.

The Ministry of Health announced the death toll at these aid sites had reached 300 killed and 2,649 injuries.

Identified victims:

1. Mahmoud Hassan Mohammad Darwish
2. Sobhi Muhammad Sobhi Al-Shaer
3. Fatima Ismail Wasfi Al-Faqaawi
4. Muhannad Hassan Musa Musa
5. Khalil Hatem Khalil Badwan
6. Fouad Hussam Ahmzd Abu Matroud
7. Ibrahim Al-Khatib
8. Nour-El-Din Khalil Salman Mukhaimer
9. Ahmad Kamel Ahmad Al-Ghalban
10. Mahmoud Mohammad Abu Habib

June 16:

28 people were killed and 200 injured in Rafah:

1. Youssef Nidal Othman
2. Abdullah Hamouda Abu Haleeb
3. Rashid Mohammad Zo'rob (child)
4. Mahmoud Mohammad Al-Maghribi
5. Alaa Shafiq Al-Khatib
6. Ismail Khaled Dabour
7. Mohammad Omar Al-Sinwar
8. Saleh Abdulqader Abu Suleiman
9. Zakaria Dawoud Abdu-ul-Aal
10. Muhammad Marwan Al-Kafarna
11. Sharif Khalil Ghureiz
12. Atallah Fathi Shatat
13. Mohammad Ahmad Al-Sawalha
14. Waseem Mohammad Al-Zain
15. Rami Misbah Abu Qura
16. Saif al-Din Muhammad Zo'rob (child)
17. Ali Youssef Jadallah
18. Hussein Ali Al-Saqqa
19. Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Khammash
20. Abdusalam Atef Abu Azoum
21. Mohammad Raed Al-Yaziji
22. Samer Aseed Rmilat
23. Nour-El-Din Mohammad Bouzia
24. Ahmad Samir Al-Jabali
25. Abdullah Muhammad Abed
26. Muhammad Masoud Sheikh Al-Eid
27. Abdurahman Nidal Shaheen
28. Moamen Raed Arafat

June 17:

Israeli troops struck a gathering of Palestinians awaiting the entry of aid at the Tahlia roundabout in eastern Khan Younis leading to mass casualties: at least 59 people were killed and around 200 injured.

Footage from the scene showed what could have been points of impact of two drone airstrikes. The IDF claimed that its troops did open fire.

June 18:

Early morning, 11 people were killed and over 70 injures at the Netzarim site. At least 5 people were killed at the Rafah sites:

1. Ahmad Ibrahim Muhammad Qishta
2. Ibrahim Ahmad Muhammad Abu Rizq
3. Karam Mustafa Abu Zaid Al-Majaida
4. Hisham Faisal Hasan Musa
5. Muhammad Tawfiq Suleiman Abu Hasanein

June 20:

At pre-dawn hours, around 23 people were killed and taken to Al-Awda hospital after being shot at the Netzarim site. In addition, at least 11 were killed while seeking aid in the southern governorates:

1. Imran Muhammad Abdulkarim Abu Shakyan
2. Huzaa' Muhannad Husam Al-Qadi
3. Hamza Adib Iyada Al-Sarsak
4. Khaled Husam Khaled Al-Kilani
5. Wisam Mahmoud Ismail Bakir
6. Muhammad Mahmoud Yusuf Baraka
7. Imad Ihab Ibrahim Zinoun
8. Najlaa Fathi Ahmad Al-Qadi
9. Ulfat Yusuf Muhammad Othman
10. Sami Jamal Al-Badi
11. Hussein Khalil Hussein Al-Souri

June 21:

At least 11 people were killed at aid sites, including:

1. Saeed Riad Saeed Al-Ghandour
2. Amjad Sami Salim Abu Safra
3. Hamada Khalil Muhammad Slayem
4. Jawad Fathi Jawad Al-Zard
5. Muhammad Atef Yusuf Zo'rob
6. Youssef Ahmad Shaker Abu Youssef
7. Najah Sabri Ismail Abu Arar
8. Muhammad Samir Hassan Al-Kahlout
9. Abd Awni Muhammad al-Namnam
10. Osama Nazmi Hamdan Qudaih
11. Azmi Yahya Muhammad Abu Jaber

June 23:

At least 11 aid seekers were killed in the southern governorates: TAHLIA

1. Abdulmajid Muhammad Abdulmajid Al-Astal
2. Hasan Sameer Yusuf Abu Latifa
3. Muhammad Sami Atef Al-Najjar
4. Muhammad Yusuf Suleiman Al-Najjar
5. Shaimaa Muhammad Azzazi Farawna
6. Khalil Jaber Jibril Abu Tuaima
7. Anas Abd-al-Mon'im Salama Abu Saoud
8. Abdulmalik Musa Suleiman Abu Adra
9. Momin Ahmad Dhaher Abu Zakar
10. Yazan Imad Mustafa Al-Fajm
11. Yusuf Sameer Hijazi Hijazi

June 24:

Around 2 am, aid seekers gathered on Salah al-Din Street near the Netzarim site were targeted, killing 22 people

June 27:

Around midnight, the GHF facebook page announced the opening of the distribution point only to announce closing it within 4 minutes after "finishing the distirbution of food parcels."

At least 6 Palestinians were killed near the Rafah aid sites

1. Muhammad Ahmad
2. Ahmad Al-Aqqad
3. Abdullah Abu Hamad
4. Muhammad Saad Tabasi
5. Mahmoud Muhammad Hasan
6. Salah Misbah Tabasi

June 28:

At least 6 people were killed near Rafah sites:

1. Momen Sobhi Mahmoud Arandas
2. Haitham Adel Farid Abu Sitta
3. Abdulbasit Abdurahman Juma Al-Hams
4. Thaer Mohammad Hamed Al-Lull
5. Ammar Yasser Ismail Al-Zinati
6. Nidal Sobhi Baraka Abu Sabla

June 29:

At least 5 aid seekers were killed at Al-Shakoush near one of the Rafah sites:

1. Muhammad Muhammad Abu Mustafa
2. Bilal Muhammad Nabil Abdulghafour
3. Ahmad Rouhi Al-Jazzar
4. Ahmad Yusuf Al-Astal
5. Hamza Raafat Abdullah Al-Qatati

June 30:

13 aid seekers were killed on Al-Teena Street, southwest of Khan Younis:

1. Ibrahim Suleiman Sheikh Al-Eid
2. Khaled Jamal Al-Satri
3. Rakan Riyad Ateesh Abu Omra
4. Uday Suleiman Abu Jazar
5. Ahmad Isam Mahmoud Al-Shana
6. Mohammad Naji Mahmoud Al-Shana
7. Ahmad Mohammad Morshed Al-Qadi

July 1:

The Ministry of Health updated the death toll from what it called the "aid death traps" to 583 killed, including 408 specifically at GHF sites, and 175 killed while waiting for aid entry.

At least 6 people were killed at Rafah sites:

1. Yasser Adel Al-Shaer
2. Mohammad Sami Ibrahim Abu Mustafa
3. Ahmad Marwan Mohammad Sarhan
4. Khaled Wael Mohammad Alwan
5. Fayez Hilal Zanoun
6. Abdulkarim Jamal Abu Hadaid