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Gazan GHF workers left to die at hospital where Doctors Without Borders is.

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CyberStranger · 15/08/2025 20:53

As stated by GHF spokesman Chapin Fay in the below interview with Channel 4 new presenter Krishnan Guru Murthy.

At 7.30 minutes in the video, Mr Fay stated 9 local workers were murdered and the 20 injured were refused treatment at Nasser hospital, where Doctors Without Borders were, and left to die in the courtyard.

These were Palestinians!

Why was there no outcry about this? It seems that they were refused treatment because they were working for GHF. That is shocking.

It was interesting that Mr Fay said GHF is funded by the US as well as several donor countries from Europe who don’t wish to be named.

The whole interview was an absolute car crash and the presenter was totally unprofessional and disgustingly rude IMO, sitting in a comfy newsroom while firing allegations at an organisation who’s workers are at massive risk, getting death threats, and are actually being killed for trying to get free (as it should be) aid to Palestinians and from the response from a lot them at the sites, they are needed.

I think it’s pretty obvious why there has been conflict outside of the aid centres TBH.

I commend Mr Fay on his patience I have to say.

A disgusting smear attempt from Channel 4.

I wonder if Guru Murthy will take up the offer to go into Gaza himself.

www.channel4.com/news/ghf-challenged-on-funding-and-gaza-aid-site-killings

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EasternStandard · 16/08/2025 17:12

Martymcfly24 · 16/08/2025 16:42

I have read your post a couple of times and I genuinely can't work it out. Could you elaborate more?

Hamas is using food as a weapon?

EasternStandard · 16/08/2025 17:11

From this there’s distrust on both sides and Israel wants to be sure who is working as aid but the workers in return don’t trust Israel to hand over details?

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 17:10

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 16:20

Yes indeed, it does appear Israel has the prerogative to do as it wishes over the lives of the poor Palestinians. As an occupying force, it has done so for some time.

Shame it dismantled a U.N. distribution procedure that worked extremely well and people are now dying/

Yup, Israel can choose which aid organisations go in so it chooses the ones that are willing to complete their registration process including giving data on their Palestinian staff. Simple as that.

I disagree with you that the UN distribution procedure worked extremely well because on the balance of probability I consider it highly likely that Hamas were stealing lots of aid under the old system.

However, I agree with you that it seemed to work better than the GHF system. I suspect that Hamas have done their best to sabotage this system which hasn't helped but it was also flawed in there only being 4 sites.

PinkBobby · 16/08/2025 17:09

CyberStranger · 16/08/2025 16:32

I would imagine that the European donor countries don’t wish to be named due to the risk of public outrage from pro-Palestinians that they are funding the GHF, which is currently the only mechanism in place to get FREE aid to Palestinians.

That is in itself testament to the contradictory narrative on this conflict.

You really can’t think of a plausible reason for the diversion of most of the UN aid by armed groups, the delay in distributing it inside Gaza with tonnes left rotting waiting to be picked up with an apparent famine imminent, and the efforts to discredit the GHF for providing free aid, since the GHF started providing free aid that is not controlled by Hamas?

Hamas which is on its last legs and doesn’t have much left to use as a weapon?

It doesn’t take much much to work it out.

Hamas are inevitably looting some of the food but that doesn’t take away from the fact that 400 UN aid points were replaced with just 4 GHF points. Their average time they stay open is 11minutes. What chance do these poor people have of survival? Imagine getting to an aid point, joining a huge queue only to find out you have 11minutes to try and get to the front. It’s horrifying.

GHF needed to be experts to taken over from the U.N. but they are worse than amateurs.

Martymcfly24 · 16/08/2025 16:42

CyberStranger · 16/08/2025 16:32

I would imagine that the European donor countries don’t wish to be named due to the risk of public outrage from pro-Palestinians that they are funding the GHF, which is currently the only mechanism in place to get FREE aid to Palestinians.

That is in itself testament to the contradictory narrative on this conflict.

You really can’t think of a plausible reason for the diversion of most of the UN aid by armed groups, the delay in distributing it inside Gaza with tonnes left rotting waiting to be picked up with an apparent famine imminent, and the efforts to discredit the GHF for providing free aid, since the GHF started providing free aid that is not controlled by Hamas?

Hamas which is on its last legs and doesn’t have much left to use as a weapon?

It doesn’t take much much to work it out.

I have read your post a couple of times and I genuinely can't work it out. Could you elaborate more?

CyberStranger · 16/08/2025 16:32

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:31

Yes I heard it on the BBC radio. But the save the children website also goes on to talk about

“NGOs have made clear that sharing such data is unlawful (including under relevant data protection laws), unsafe, and incompatible with humanitarian principles. In the deadliest context for aid workers worldwide, where 98 percent of those humanitarians killed were Palestinian, NGOs have no guarantees that handing over such information would not put staff at further risk, or be used to advance the government of Israel's stated military and political aims.

Today, INGOs’ fears have proven true: the registration system is now being used to further block aid and deny food and medicine in the midst of the worst-case scenario of famine.”

Prior to Israel’s blockade, very little UN aid being siphoned off by Hamas according to Israeli sources. It had been working very effectively. This should not have been dismantled.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

But ultimately-it’s a balance of getting aid to starving people or not. Israel is preferring not to prioritise aid getting in

You know the GHF have not provided full details of their donors to the public either.

I would imagine that the European donor countries don’t wish to be named due to the risk of public outrage from pro-Palestinians that they are funding the GHF, which is currently the only mechanism in place to get FREE aid to Palestinians.

That is in itself testament to the contradictory narrative on this conflict.

You really can’t think of a plausible reason for the diversion of most of the UN aid by armed groups, the delay in distributing it inside Gaza with tonnes left rotting waiting to be picked up with an apparent famine imminent, and the efforts to discredit the GHF for providing free aid, since the GHF started providing free aid that is not controlled by Hamas?

Hamas which is on its last legs and doesn’t have much left to use as a weapon?

It doesn’t take much much to work it out.

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Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 16:21

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:47

In addition @Stripes56 I'm sure the Israel government knows the details of the GHF donors so whether that information is known to the public is irrelevant. They will have been vetted.

I am sure Israel knows full well. Why not make it public?
I can guess it because no-one other than the US wants to be seen supporting the GHF.

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 16:20

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:44

The NGOs have the right not to share the data on their sponsors or staff which they are exercising, (at some cost to the Gazans needing the aid).

Yet nearly 20 organisations have completed the registration process on their donors and staff, and are bringing aid into Gaza according to the BBC. Roughly 300 trucks of aid are entering Gaza each day now, though granted it's still not enough.

NGOs have the right not to do what Israel requires for the their security but equally, Israel has the right to deny them entry if they don't.

Yes indeed, it does appear Israel has the prerogative to do as it wishes over the lives of the poor Palestinians. As an occupying force, it has done so for some time.

Shame it dismantled a U.N. distribution procedure that worked extremely well and people are now dying/

CyberStranger · 16/08/2025 16:11

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 14:47

That's not the whole picture though is it? From the BBC:

Israel denies there are restrictions on aid and says the rules, introduced in March, ensure that aid "reaches the population directly and not Hamas".

Israel said that any delays in delivering aid occur "only when organisations choose not to meet the basic security requirements intended to prevent Hamas's involvement".

Cogat, the Israeli military body in charge of aid, said nearly 20 organisations that completed the registration process are bringing aid into Gaza, with roughly 300 trucks entering daily.

The UN says 600 trucks of supplies a day are needed in Gaza.

The new guidelines introduced in March update the framework for how aid groups must register to maintain their status within Israel, along with provisions that outline how their applications can be denied or registration revoked.

Registration can be rejected if Israeli authorities deem that a group denies the democratic character of Israel or "promotes delegitimisation campaigns" against the country.

"Unfortunately, many aid organisations serve as a cover for hostile and sometimes violent activity," Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli told the Agence France-Presse news agency.

"Organisations that have no connection to hostile or violent activity and no ties to the boycott movement will be granted permission to operate," added Chikli.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6ynz22871o

Mr Fay also said by the UN’s own figures that 93.5% of aid trucks do not reach their destination inside Gaza.

I guess he’s lying again although that is easily verifiable!

https://info.un2720.org/

They include hungry civilians as well as ‘armed groups’ in the diversion of aid but I doubt hungry civilians stand much of a chance against armed groups. Could explain the deaths of people collecting aid which we are told is due to the IDF.

There is an awful video on X of an aid truck driver apparently being burned alive in his cab with seemingly no one trying to help him get out.

Also why are the UN not asking for support to ensure the aid trucks are reaching their destinations if almost all of them are being diverted?

UN 2720 Mechanism for Gaza

UN 2720 Mechanism for Gaza

https://info.un2720.org

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Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:47

In addition @Stripes56 I'm sure the Israel government knows the details of the GHF donors so whether that information is known to the public is irrelevant. They will have been vetted.

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:44

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:31

Yes I heard it on the BBC radio. But the save the children website also goes on to talk about

“NGOs have made clear that sharing such data is unlawful (including under relevant data protection laws), unsafe, and incompatible with humanitarian principles. In the deadliest context for aid workers worldwide, where 98 percent of those humanitarians killed were Palestinian, NGOs have no guarantees that handing over such information would not put staff at further risk, or be used to advance the government of Israel's stated military and political aims.

Today, INGOs’ fears have proven true: the registration system is now being used to further block aid and deny food and medicine in the midst of the worst-case scenario of famine.”

Prior to Israel’s blockade, very little UN aid being siphoned off by Hamas according to Israeli sources. It had been working very effectively. This should not have been dismantled.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

But ultimately-it’s a balance of getting aid to starving people or not. Israel is preferring not to prioritise aid getting in

You know the GHF have not provided full details of their donors to the public either.

The NGOs have the right not to share the data on their sponsors or staff which they are exercising, (at some cost to the Gazans needing the aid).

Yet nearly 20 organisations have completed the registration process on their donors and staff, and are bringing aid into Gaza according to the BBC. Roughly 300 trucks of aid are entering Gaza each day now, though granted it's still not enough.

NGOs have the right not to do what Israel requires for the their security but equally, Israel has the right to deny them entry if they don't.

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:31

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:19

Oh you heard that did you?

What has censoring independent reporting got to do with it?

Aid agencies wanting to operate in Gaza are now obliged to disclose donor details and complete lists of Palestinian staff for security vetting.

It's because Israel don't trust them not to employ staff who are affiliated with Hamas and tbh, that seems reasonable to me. The organisations seem to care more about data protection than getting aid into Gaza. But the IDF are fighting a war against Hamas so no, they don't want Hamas supporters involved in the delivery of aid.

Yes I heard it on the BBC radio. But the save the children website also goes on to talk about

“NGOs have made clear that sharing such data is unlawful (including under relevant data protection laws), unsafe, and incompatible with humanitarian principles. In the deadliest context for aid workers worldwide, where 98 percent of those humanitarians killed were Palestinian, NGOs have no guarantees that handing over such information would not put staff at further risk, or be used to advance the government of Israel's stated military and political aims.

Today, INGOs’ fears have proven true: the registration system is now being used to further block aid and deny food and medicine in the midst of the worst-case scenario of famine.”

Prior to Israel’s blockade, very little UN aid being siphoned off by Hamas according to Israeli sources. It had been working very effectively. This should not have been dismantled.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

But ultimately-it’s a balance of getting aid to starving people or not. Israel is preferring not to prioritise aid getting in

You know the GHF have not provided full details of their donors to the public either.

EasternStandard · 16/08/2025 15:27

I’ve read that aid article and it’s difficult to get a picture of what’s going on.

There’s a high amount of trucks going in but very few making it. GHF on the radio talked about Hamas attacking the vehicles.

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:26

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:20

They don’t have adequate pain relief for children with burns. Did you see video linked from Al Jaazera showing the circumstances around which medical care is being provided?

It would good if we could get independent journalists there, but in their absence- I have no compunctions in going with MSF’s statement. They are the ones trying to deliver medical care in extremely horrific circumstances.

They could have helped with restricting blood loss from those shot until they could be moved.

At the end of the day, that is your choice re "going with MSFs statement".

We don't know the facts from here so we're all basically just choosing who to believe. What I can gather from what I read is that there is an awful lot of hostility towards the GHF in Gaza and that extents to the people handing out aid.

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:20

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:11

I would have thought with a doctor's training they could have done something to help wouldn't you? Some basic medical care.

Though they would also have needed to be moved to a hospital with an emergency department.

They don’t have adequate pain relief for children with burns. Did you see video linked from Al Jaazera showing the circumstances around which medical care is being provided?

It would good if we could get independent journalists there, but in their absence- I have no compunctions in going with MSF’s statement. They are the ones trying to deliver medical care in extremely horrific circumstances.

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:19

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:11

I heard the information being asked for is intrusive.

“INGOs warned the process was designed to control independent organisations, silence advocacy, and censor humanitarian reporting.”

According to Save the Children

I think this is the crux of the matter isn’t it?
The continued delay and difficulties in aid being delivered may also play into some Knesset members goals

Oh you heard that did you?

What has censoring independent reporting got to do with it?

Aid agencies wanting to operate in Gaza are now obliged to disclose donor details and complete lists of Palestinian staff for security vetting.

It's because Israel don't trust them not to employ staff who are affiliated with Hamas and tbh, that seems reasonable to me. The organisations seem to care more about data protection than getting aid into Gaza. But the IDF are fighting a war against Hamas so no, they don't want Hamas supporters involved in the delivery of aid.

Gloriia · 16/08/2025 15:15

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:11

I would have thought with a doctor's training they could have done something to help wouldn't you? Some basic medical care.

Though they would also have needed to be moved to a hospital with an emergency department.

Exactly. Fair enough if they were queueing up for elective orthopaedic surgery they'd be directed elsewhere but anyone turning up in extremis should have basic first aid as a minimum.

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:12

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:09

I was replying to a post where you tagged me and had not noticed that you had already conceded the point to another poster.

Yes - can be difficult to keep up with posts

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:11

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:05

But pragmatically, the MSF might as well not have been there is there as no doctor able to treat a critically ill adult

I would have thought with a doctor's training they could have done something to help wouldn't you? Some basic medical care.

Though they would also have needed to be moved to a hospital with an emergency department.

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:11

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:05

If you want to get aid into a country bad enough then you fill out all necessary forms and allow your staff to be vetted.

It's not an unreasonable request in the circumstances of this war.

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I heard the information being asked for is intrusive.

“INGOs warned the process was designed to control independent organisations, silence advocacy, and censor humanitarian reporting.”

According to Save the Children

I think this is the crux of the matter isn’t it?
The continued delay and difficulties in aid being delivered may also play into some Knesset members goals

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:09

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:03

and you choose not to quote were I corrected myself?

I was replying to a post where you tagged me and had not noticed that you had already conceded the point to another poster.

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:05

But pragmatically, the MSF might as well not have been there is there as no doctor able to treat a critically ill adult

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:05

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:00

The aid agencies have said that the Israeli vetting procedures are too politicised, which would not surprise me.

Can you name me an aid agency that has not been castigated as antisemitic for raising concerns about what is happening in Gaza and the WB? You’ve caste doubts now about MSF as potentially not being impartial?

If you want to get aid into a country bad enough then you fill out all necessary forms and allow your staff to be vetted.

It's not an unreasonable request in the circumstances of this war.

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 15:03

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:02

It's just odd that you in one post acknowledge that MSF said they were not providing the type of services to treat critically ill adults but in another post today you say One part or the GHF claim has already been debunked- Doctors Without Borders were not there.

and you choose not to quote were I corrected myself?

Twiglets1 · 16/08/2025 15:02

Stripes56 · 16/08/2025 14:55

But the MSF have said that there were not the type of services there able to treat critically ill adults.
They also predicted adults would die due to the targeting of Nasser Hospital.

It's just odd that you in one post acknowledge that MSF said they were not providing the type of services to treat critically ill adults but in another post today you say One part or the GHF claim has already been debunked- Doctors Without Borders were not there.

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