Israel destroys Gaza dialysis centre; outrage grows at GHF killings

Israeli forces have killed 54 people in Gaza and destroyed the only facility for kidney dialysis patients in the north of the enclave.
UN and aid groups denounce Israeli killings of dozens of starving Palestinians seeking food near distribution points set up by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).Three aid seekers killed in Rafah: Gaza Media Office
At least three “starving civilians” have been killed and 35 others injured near a US-backed aid distribution centre in southern Gaza’s Rafah area, the enclave’s Government Media Office confirmed.

The latest Israeli violence against aid seekers has brought the total number of people killed in Rafah and the so-called Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza while waiting for food to 52, since Israel’s new aid mechanism started operations on May 27, the statement said.

The office added that at least 340 people were injured since that date.

Israel continues “the policy of starvation and systematic targeting of civilians for 93 days”, the statement said.GHF claims to have distributed aid in Rafah ‘without incident’
Without addressing the reports of three killings and dozens of injuries among aid seekers near its facility, Israel’s US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claimed to have handed out thousands of aid boxes in southern Gaza’s Rafah area “without incident”.

The GHF statement cited by The Times of Israel newspaper, said that “21 truckloads of food”, or 18,720 boxes, were handed out to aid seekers in the first two hours after the Rafah aid distribution site opened today.

“Operations … were once again smooth and no security incidents occurred. Aid was distributed without incident despite ongoing acute needs in the Strip,” GHF claimed.Israel dares global community to intervene in new settlement project
Israel says its settlement expansion is to “prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state”, as it announced 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu says Israeli officials are daring the world to stop them.Israeli forces arrest at least 9 Palestinians in West Bank’s Dura city
Israeli forces have arrested nine Palestinians during a raid in Dura city, south of Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency, citing security sources.

The report said the troops raided the homes of those arrested, searched and ransacked their contents, and stormed the towns of ad-Dhahiriya, as-Samu, Beit Ummar, and several neighbourhoods in the city of Hebron.Child killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that a Palestinian child has been killed in Tal al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City.

The victim’s age or name is not known.

Earlier, we reported that at least five Palestinians have been killed since morning, according to local medical sources.Israeli attacks continue across Gaza
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that an unspecified number of Palestinians were injured in an Israeli attack on a house in the al-Barakah area, south of Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza.

Several people were also wounded as a result of Israeli artillery shelling in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.