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Israeli forces pepper spray hungry Palestinians at aid distribution center

A video has gone viral showing a group of Palestinians being pepper sprayed outside an aid distribution center in the Gaza Strip. The incident took place at an aid center run by the GHF Global Humanitarian Foundation. The video footage shows security forces using pepper spray in a crowd of starving people who had come to receive aid, causing panic. Local and international human rights organizations have expressed deep concern and called for an immediate investigation into the incident and for the perpetrators to be held accountable. It is not yet clear who fired the pepper spray — local security personnel, government forces, or someone else. However, such incidents have sparked renewed international outrage amid the deteriorating situation in Gaza.