2025-05-28
30 分钟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.