'Aid being deliberately engineered' to displace Palestinians, NGO says

19/06/2025 18:33 France 24

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 72 people on Thursday, including 21 who had gathered near aid distribution sites as famine looms after more than 20 months of war. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Super-Novae NGO president Alexandre Chatillon says that 'aid is being deliberately engineered' to drive a population to a small area and allow Israel to keep control of northern Gaza.

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Iran has just finished losing a war and is not in a position to dictate terms, analyst says

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