The night in Gaza brought more victims, many. At least 112 people have died and hundreds have been injured among people who, desperate because of hunger, crowded around a truck at night hoping for food aid. Witnesses and the Al Jazeera correspondent on the scene reported that the […]
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The night is over Gaza it brought with it more victims, many of them. At least they are 112 deaths Hundreds were injured among people who, driven by the desperation of hunger, crowded around a truck at night in the hope of receiving food aid. Witnesses and Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground reported that people were attacked with artillery shells, drone missiles and gunfire.
Israeli army sources initially confirmed that they opened fire on the Palestinians because “the one who surrounded the trucks planted a bomb.” Threat to the troops“. He then added that “the majority of casualties are due to this Crowd“. According to the official reconstruction of theIdfthe events occurred at four in the morning If someone thirty Several trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrived on the coast of Gaza City to deliver food to the Rimal neighborhood. Thousands of Palestinians rushed toward the trucks as they passed through an Israeli army checkpoint, causing a crush that resulted in deaths and injuries. Some people were overwhelmed and run over of trucks. The IDF investigation found that some trucks managed to travel further north. But in Rimal, gunmen opened fire on the convoy and began looting the trucks. Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians who had attacked the last truck made their way toward the soldiers and tanks at the Israeli checkpoint. At that point, when the Palestinians were a few dozen meters away, an officer ordered Shoot into the air and then at leg level of those who continued. According to the IDF, ten Palestinians were hit.
A version Fixed Hours later from the army spokesman Daniel Hagari, during a press conference in which he said that there was “no raid,” just warning shots in the air to disperse the crowd, and that what happened was just an “unfortunate accident.” According to Hagari “at 4.40 The first aid truck of the humanitarian convoy set off through the humanitarian corridor we protect. The IDF protected the humanitarian corridor so that the humanitarian convoy could reach its destination in the northern Gaza Strip.” “At 4:45 a.m. – he continued, showing a video – a crowd ambushed the aid trucks and stopped the convoy. […] When hundreds became thousands and the situation spiraled out of control, the tank commander decided to withdraw to avoid harm to the thousands of Gazans who were there,” Hagari said again: “You can see how cautious they were , as they went back.” They retreated safely, risking their lives and did not fire into the crowd.” For the army spokesman, “IDF forces are operating in accordance with the rules of engagement and international law.” No IDF attack was carried out against the humanitarian convoy. On the contrary, the IDF was there conducting a humanitarian assistance operation to protect the humanitarian corridor and enable the aid convoy to reach its distribution point so that humanitarian assistance could reach the civilian population in need in northern Gaza.” Hagari added that the IDF has carried out operations of this kind “for the past four nights without any problems, this is the first night we have had an event of any kind.”
The number of deaths last night adds to those that have accumulated since October 7 last year and come less than five months after the attack Hamas and Israel's military response have reached the dramatic rate of 30,000 victimsfor the vast majority Civilians. So people continue to die in Gaza, while from a diplomatic point of view we are still looking for a meeting point between the parties to achieve a longer ceasefire. But the voice of the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Israel's number one most wanted man, is also returning to the debate Yahya Sinwar That's according to a message delivered by a courier to a meeting of Hamas leadership in exile earlier this month Doha He assured that the Israeli attacks had not destroyed all the fighters. “no worries“We have the Israelis exactly where we want them,” Sinwar said, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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