00:00Large crowds of Palestinians gathered around eight trucks in Gaza's Beth Lahia Monday.
00:07Some climbed on board the trucks to get food as a hunger crisis deepened following Israel's military assault on Gaza.
00:15In amongst the commotion Monday, an injured man was carried away on a stretcher.
00:21It was unclear how he got hurt or how badly he was injured.
00:25Israel has been channeling most of its aid through a US and Israeli-backed group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF,
00:34which operates several distribution sites in areas guarded by Israeli forces.
00:39Gaza medics say those soldiers have shot and killed dozens of Palestinians trying to get food from aid trucks in recent days.
00:46The Israeli military has said its forces opened fire and fired warning shots to disperse people who approached areas where troops were operating,
00:54posing a threat.
00:55It's said it was reviewing reports of casualties among civilians.
01:00Humanitarian groups say the GHF system forces people to risk their lives by entering combat zones to access food.
01:07Twenty-eight-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abdel Jawad is among those seeking aid.
01:12I wait for the food. I want food. I'm a human who needs to eat. I have no food, no shelter.
01:19All the people have been exhausted. We come and wait here. I swear we are like surrendering ourselves to death.
01:25By God, we are walking into death. There's no solution. If you want to feed us, feed us.
01:30If you don't want to feed us, kill us. If you don't want us to live a decent life, kill us.
01:36In a review of the EU-Israel Association agreement, the EU's diplomatic service pointed out Israel's shortcomings in Gaza, such as denial of humanitarian aid, attacks on hospitals and medical facilities, displacement, and lack of accountability.
01:51Israel's foreign ministry has rejected the EU report as a, quote, moral and methodological failure.
01:58Meanwhile, UNICEF warns Gaza is facing a man-made drought due to a shortage of fuel to operate wells and desalination plants.
02:07A UNICEF spokesperson said only 40% of drinking water production facilities remain functional, and soon children will begin to die of thirst.
02:17The UN Children's Agency also reported a 50% increase in children aged 6 months to 5 years admitted for treatment of malnutrition from April to May in Gaza, and half a million people going hungry.
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