Crowds overrun new aid distribution site in Gaza

人群涌向加沙的新援助分发点

Global News Podcast

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2025-05-28

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Thousands of Palestinians have stormed an aid distribution site in Gaza set up by a US and Israeli-backed group, a day after it began working there. Also: a Turkish bakery revives a 5,000-year-old bread recipe.
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Wednesday the 28th of May, these are our main stories.

  • Thousands of hungry Palestinians in Gaza storm an aid distribution site backed by the US and Israel.

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  • Let's begin in Gaza with reports that thousands of Palestinians have overwhelmed a food parcel service run by a new aid group backed by the US and Israel.

  • Eyewitnesses reported scenes of chaos and hearing gunshots in and around the distribution hub in the south of the territory.

  • These people were there.

  • Hunger brought me here.

  • No one cares about us.

  • I came here because I want to feed my children, and I have ten people to feed.

  • Initially, the delivery process was orderly, but due to the overwhelming crowd,

  • the aid organisation allowed people to rush in and grab whatever they could.

  • I thank the aid organisation for their help, because no one from the Arab world cared about us.

  • I thank them for their support.

  • The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says at one point so many people turned up that it paused its operation to avoid potential casualties.