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Why Are People Being Killed
While Seeking Aid in Gaza?
Al Jazeera English

(July 1, 2025) — Hundreds of people in Gaza have been shot dead while going to collect desperately-needed food from US-backed aid hubs in Gaza, according to officials in Gaza. Sandra Gathmann explains what’s been happening.

“Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen”:
US Surgeon Describes Mass Starvation,
Injury and Death in Gaza

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

(July 1, 2025) — We speak with American neurosurgeon Dr. Abdul Basit Khan in Gaza, where he is volunteering at the Nasser Hospital. He describes treating patients with blast injuries and gunshot wounds from Israeli attacks, all while coping with a lack of basic medical supplies and widespread hunger.

“Food insecurity is rampant, from all levels of society. Even the physicians are not eating,” he says. Multiple blasts were heard during the interview, with Dr. Khan describing his patients as people “living in tents being indiscriminately bombed” by Israeli forces.

“This is the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life, by far.”

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