Gaza aid distribution sites are ‘death traps’, warns MSF, as Cork refugee shares family’s plight

Cork-based Gazan refugee details family’s starvation and fear as MSF condemns deadly violence at Israeli-controlled Gaza aid sites

 Palestinians carry the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces as they opened fire on crowds waiting for humanitarian aid in the Zikim area in northern Gaza. Picture: Getty Images

Dead bodies, many shot in the head or stomach as they reached out for food, now lie uncollected for weeks at ‘aid’ delivery sites, decomposing under the bright Gazan sun.

“It’s too dangerous to collect them,” Cork chef, Gazan refugee, and UCC student Habib Al Ostaz said.