What happened when Maher Al-Hattab tried to get food from the GHF, and why Basel Hasouna decided not to go

Maher Al-Hattab, 19, plucked up his nerve and joined the crowds outside one of the collection sites for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the U.S.- and Israeli-backed food distribution outfit. system that's replaced the U.N. aid system in Gaza.

Israeli troops fired at them as they waited for food. Hattab, lying in the sand, saw people hit.

When the trucks arrived with less food than expected, Hattab says people fought over it, some with knives. Hattab survived. He came away with enough food for his family for two days.

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Basel Hasouna has five hungry children, but he says the people who need food the most are not getting it, and dozens of people have been killed just this week approaching the GHF or aid trucks. He doesn’t want his son to be humiliated trying to get food. He says they would rather die of hunger at home.

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