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cliffside

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Tue Jun 17, 2025, 11:22 PM Jun 17

'I'll Never Try Again': For Some Gazans, Seeking Aid Is Just Too Risky [View all]

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Source: NYT

"Saleem Abdul Kareem walked for hours just to get a food handout Tuesday morning at a traffic circle in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. When he arrived, he came upon a scene of carnage.

“I saw so many dead and injured, all I could think about was running,” Mr. Kareem, 32, told The New York Times in a telephone interview. “This was my second attempt to get aid. I got nothing either time, and after what I saw, I’ll never try again.”


...“The danger is too high for me to go to these centers,” Awni Abu Hassira, 38, from Gaza City, said in a phone interview. “I don’t want to face death this way.”



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-sites-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.Ivrq.M1Q6C-rQAmFd&smid=url-share



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