STORY: :: A Gaza family mourns a father-of-five who they say is another casualty of Israeli fire near aid distribution sites
:: June 8, 2025
:: Israel’s military said its troops had fired warning shots at people moving towards soldiers
:: Khan Younis, Gaza
“He was going to get food for his children and himself, to help them live, feed them because they don’t have a pinch of flour at home. They can’t find food to eat. He was going to get aid to sustain his family. He was walking there, on his way. He did not reach the aid site. He got a bullet and was martyred.”
The man’s his wife said he was fatally shot in the head, while his aunt said he was on the way to get food for his family, saying “they don’t have a pinch of flour at home”.
It was the latest bout of shooting near aid distribution points in Gaza’s south since a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began handing out aid late last month.
Israel’s military said in a statement that troops had opened fire in southern Gaza, but said that it had directed warning shots at a group that was moving towards soldiers and deemed a threat to them.
The military acknowledged reports of injuries but did not specify how many people it believed had been hurt or shot.
