JERUSALEM: Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Israeli forces operating outside US-backed aid centers in war-torn Gaza of routinely killing Palestinian civilians seeking food, as well as using starvation as a weapon of war. “US-backed Israeli forces and private contractors have put in place a flawed, militarized aid distribution system that has turned aid distributions into regular bloodbaths,” said Belkis Wille, associate crisis and conflict director at Human Rights Watch.

Over a thousand Palestinians have been killed at food distribution sites since May, fuelling international outcry.

Palestinians tell Al Jazeera they witness ‘shooting, killing, death’ by soldiers at GHF distribution sites in Gaza.