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Gaza aid suspended again after 6 killed

Newshour

BBC

News, Daily News

4.4984 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

There’s been another shooting near a US and Israeli-backed aid distribution centre in southern Gaza. The Hamas-run civil defence agency said 6 Palestinians were killed and several wounded by Israeli gunfire. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation suspended aid distribution again, blaming threats from Hamas.

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(Photo: A woman crouches tries to gather what remains of relief supplies from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centre. Credit: Reuters)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

0:07.4

We're coming to live from our studio in London.

0:11.0

I'm Lees-Ducet.

0:12.6

We start in Gaza.

0:14.4

There has been more violence today near the new aid distribution centre,

0:18.6

run by a controversial new agency, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,

0:24.3

or GFF, which is backed by Israel and the United States. Reports from Gaza say from the civil

0:30.2

defence agency say six Palestinians were killed and several wounded by Israeli gunfire.

0:35.9

The Israeli military says it did fire warning shots at suspects, it said, who approached them

0:41.2

in a threatening manner.

0:43.2

Over the past week, dozens of people have been killed while trying to reach these new aid hubs.

0:48.4

The organisation running the facilities, which has faced international criticism,

0:52.7

says it's paused operations to deal with overcrowding and to improve safety.

0:57.8

And there's also been more violence across Gaza today.

1:01.1

Let's go to Jerusalem to join our correspondent Barbara Plet-Ushar.

1:05.0

Barbara, are there more details about what happened today?

1:07.7

Because it seems that there is violence almost every time there is

1:11.8

a distribution of aid by GFF?

1:16.1

That's a fair question, Lees.

1:18.3

It's a particular aid distribution site where the violence has taken place or most of the violence

1:23.4

has taken place.

1:24.3

And this is in southern Gaza where, they gather at a roundabout,

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