Palestinian International Organization for Peace and Human Rights

June 10, 2025

What happened?

Reports on June 10, 2025 indicated that casualties continued to occur near food distribution points, and that paramedics and humanitarian aid workers were exposed to risks while working in the sector.

Impact of the incident on civilians

The risks around distribution areas lead people to refrain from seeking help or to resort to unsafe methods to obtain food.

The right of the population to relief

The right to food and water is linked to the right to life and health. International humanitarian law prohibits the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and requires respect for the rules governing humanitarian access and the protection of aid workers and beneficiaries.

What is needed to protect the population?

These developments necessitate careful monitoring of the facts related to the issue of “the continued victims of aid points opening the file on the protection of humanitarian workers,” making information available to affected families, providing means of treatment, relief or redress according to the nature of the harm, and distinguishing between proven information and the legal characterization that requires a competent investigation.

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