Khan Younis, Gaza - Yazan Musleh, 13, lay on a hospital bed in a tent on the ground at Nasser Hospital, his T-shirt pulling up and revealing a large white bandage on his thin torso.

Next to him, his father, Mrs. Ihab, sat still, still shocked by the bloody dawn of his and his sons’ lives on Sunday, when Israeli forces opened fire on thousands, gathered the people who were conceived by Israel and received assistance from the conception of Israel, and fired from the U.S.-backed Gaza Yiji Foundation (GHF).

Ihab, 40, brought Yazan and his 15-year-old brother Yazid to their shelter in Al-Mawasi in Khan Younis to the Lafa distribution point operated by GHF.

They set out before dawn, walking about an hour and a half, to the Allam roundabout in Rafa, near the distribution point.

Worried about the size of the party, the hungry crowd, Ihag told his son to wait for him at an altitude near the GHF gate.

"When I looked at the mountain, I saw several tanks not far away," he said. "A feeling of fear.

As the crowd got closer to the gate, heavy gunfire burst out from all directions.

He recalled: "I was scared. I immediately looked at my sons on the mountain and saw Yazan being shot and collapsed."

Yazid also sat beside his brother's bed, describing the horrifying moment.

"As our father told us, we were standing on the hill and suddenly, the tanks opened fire," he said. "My brother was beaten immediately."

"I saw his intestines spilling - it was horrible. Then people helped him get to the hospital with a donkey cart."

With the gate, Ihab struggled to reach his son, trying to fight the crowd while avoiding the shot still ringing.

"The shooting comes from all directions - tanks, four-wheel drive.

“I saw people helping my son and eventually dragging him away.”

When Ihab managed to escape from the crowd, his malnutritional body was able to run to Nasser Hospital, hoping Yazan had been taken there. He said it felt like more than an hour.

At Nasser Hospital, he learned that Yazan had undergone surgery.

He said, "I finally breathed. I thank God for being alive. I totally lost hope."

The bullet that hit Yazan was torn in his intestines and spleen, and the doctor said he needed long-term and in-depth treatment.

His mother, Iman, sat beside him, and he asked desperately why someone was shooting at people. She and Ihab have five children, the youngest being a seven-month-old girl.

"I'm going to buy food for my kids. Hunger is killing us," Ihab said.

"It is well known that these aid distributions are demeaning and humiliating - but we are desperate. I'm desperate because my kids are hungry, and even then, are we still shot?"

He said he had tried to get aid once, but he returned empty-handed both times.

"For the first time, there was a fatal stomp. We hardly escaped. This time, my son was injured, and once again... nothing was there."

But he knew he couldn't stop trying.

"I'll take risks for my family. Either I'm still alive or dead. I'm desperate. Hunger is killing us."

Group distribution of assistance

GHF sold under a neutral humanitarian mechanism, launched in early 2025 and uses private military contractors to "security the distribution point".

GHF chief Jake Wood resigned from his position two days before distribution, citing concerns about the foundation's impartiality or humanitarian principles.

Five days later, on May 30, the Boston Consulting Group, which was once the foundation's plan and implementation, withdrew its team and terminated its ties with GHF.

International Aid Organizations have been consistent in criticizing GHF and its approach.

"We're looking for food for hungry children"

Near the tent ward is Mohammed al-Homs, 40, a five-year-old father.

He also set out earlier Sunday to try to buy some food for his family, but after reaching the roundabout at the Alam roundabout, “I was shot twice – once in my legs, once in my mouth, and broke my front teeth,” he said.

"I fell down and there were a lot of injuries and deaths around. Everyone was screaming and running. The gunshots came from tanks and drones were everywhere. It felt like the end of the world."

He bleed on the ground for an hour because the medical team was unable to contact the injury.

Then, there was news that the door had opened the distribution and those who could move to the center began to move towards the center.

Until then, people can start moving injured people to nearby medical points.

"This is my first attempt to get aid, and it will be my last," Mohammed said.

"I didn't expect to survive. We went to find food for hungry kids and came across drones and tanks."

“I never thought I would face the death of a box of food”

In the tent, a man successfully received the aid program on the first day of distribution on May 27 and decided to try again on Sunday: 36-year-old Khaled Al-Lahham.

Al-Lahham is caring for 10 family members: his parents, an aunt and seven siblings, who are all displaced in Al-Mawasi's tent.

That morning, he managed to ride with five friends, as close to the Al-alam roundabout as possible.

As the distribution time approached, six friends began to get off the car.

"Suddenly, there was a loud gunshot around and people screamed. I felt a sharp pain in my legs - a bullet passed through my thighs clean." Khalid said, not completely taking it out of the car.

"I was screaming and bleeding when people around me ran to scream. The shooting was crazy." "There were tanks, limbs - the fire came from all directions."

The injured Khaled couldn't get out and squeezed there until one of his friends managed to return and took him to the hospital.

"I never thought I would face the death of a box of food," Khalid said.

“If they don’t want to distribute aid, why do they lie to people and kill them like this?

"It's all intentional. Humiliation, lower us, and then kill us - for food?"