The army said there was a “violent gathering” around the supply trucks, which resulted in injuries.
The Israeli military last week completed a preliminary investigation into civilian deaths on an aid convoy to the Gaza Strip concluding this His forces did not attack the convoy and most Palestinians died in a stampede.
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It has also launched a more comprehensive investigation into the incident, which will be carried out by “an independent, professional and expert panel” that will announce its conclusions in the coming days, the spokesman, Rear Admiral, announced this Sunday Daniel Hagari.
Israel is under intense pressure following the deaths of dozens of Palestinians in a confusing incident in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in which a crowd surrounded a convoy of aid trucks and soldiers opened fire. Several countries have backed a UN call for an investigation.
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Health authorities in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Hamas terrorists, said Israeli forces killed more than 100 people as they tried to reach the aid convoy near Gaza City.
“Israeli Armed Forces have completed an initial investigation into the unfortunate incident in which civilians in the Gaza Strip were trampled to death and injured while rushing toward the aid convoy,” Hagari said.
Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli army (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Portal)
More specifically, the review, which collected information from commanders and soldiers on the ground, revealed this No attack was carried out on the aid convoy.
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“The majority of Palestinians were killed or injured as a result of the onslaught,” Hagari said.
“After warning shots were fired to disperse the stampede and after our forces began to withdraw, several looters approached our forces and posed an imminent threat to them. “Based on the initial review, soldiers responded to several individuals,” he said.
Hagari did not provide any information about who would specifically conduct the investigation.
Muatasem Salaha member of the Gaza Health Ministry's Emergency Committee, stated that the incident caused more than 1,000 casualties, including deaths and injuries, and rejected the conclusions of the Israeli investigation.
“Any attempt to claim that people were martyred due to overcrowding or trampling is false. The wounded and martyrs are the result of heavy bullets,” he told Portal.
The incident came after aid organizations stepped up their warnings about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, with famine looming, particularly in the north. Aid trucks have already been looted in the north of the Gaza Stripwhere residents have started eating fodder and even leaves to satisfy hunger.
Several people watch as the US Army conducts its first aid operation in Gaza amid the current conflict between Israel and Hamas (Portal/Kosay Al Nemer)
This reflects growing concern from the White House and the Army USA completed its first flight operations with the this Saturday Start of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza. US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that they had distributed 38,000 food parcels in 66 pallets dropped from three C-130 aircraft flying at low altitude over the enclave.
The operation was carried out in coordination with the Jordanian Air Force and took place between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time. Officers from both navies who specialized in this type of maneuver took part.
According to UNRWA, around 2,300 trucks have entered the Gaza Strip so far in February, 50% fewer than in January.
The US sent 38,000 humanitarian aid packages to Gaza, but insisted these exercises cannot replace land deliveries (X: @CENTCOM)
Given the difficulty of delivering humanitarian aid by land, several countries – including Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, France and the Arab Emirates – have launched packages of food and aid by air, a strategy announced to residents the day before benefited the North for the first time. the enclave.
The war began on October 7 with an unprecedented Hamas attack on southern Israel, which Israel said killed about 1,160 people, mostly civilians.
The terrorists also took about 250 hostages, 130 of whom remain in Gaza, including 31 whom Israel believes are dead.
(With information from Portal and EFE)