Hamas accuses Israel of opening fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza. For the attack, at least 104 people died and 760 were injured.
As he islamist movement and the Israeli Army gave different versions of the circumstances of the incident. This offensive becomes one of the bloodiest in almost five months of the conflict that began on October 7.
What Israel said after the Hamas accusation
After accusations of Hamasthe Israeli Army came out to give its version and said that most of the victims occurred in a stampede or because they had been run over by trucks distributing humanitarian aid. Likewise, they recognized that their forces They shot at a group of Palestinians who was waiting for help in a second subsequent incident and They killed or wounded 10 of them.
For its part, The Palestinian movement accused the Israeli Army of all the deaths and of having committed a “massacre”. Egypt and Jordan also joined Hamas’ version and maintained that the attack was “inhumane”, “brutal” and a “shameful” violation of international law by its neighbor Israel.
According to a preliminary investigation, Israel claimed that its troops were supervising a humanitarian aid distribution operation in Rimalin the Gaza City. At one point, thousands of Palestinians pounced on the 30 trucks after they passed through a military checkpoint.
This led to a stampede in which dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured when they were stepped on by the crowd or by aid distribution trucks. In addition, the Israeli Army maintained that some vehicles managed to advance north, when they were attacked by “armed men“who opened fire on them.
Dozens of Palestinians who threw themselves on the last of the caravan’s trucks then began to get “dangerously” close to a few meters from the soldiers, whose commander ordered them to do so. shots first into the air and then into the legs of the Palestinians who continued to advance despite the warnings. Those shots caused only ten of the hundreds of “victims” reported in the incident.added the Army.
The victims in Gaza after Israel’s attack on Hamas
Regarding the deaths left by the last incident between Israel and Hamasthe spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qidra, He stated that there were a total of 104 Palestinians. Additionally, he confirmed that another 760 were injured.
Then he Dr Amjad Aliwathe emergency director of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, reported that the medical center received “50 martyrs and more than 120 woundedincluding women and children.” The victims received shots fired by Israeli forces as they ran towards trucks with humanitarian aidhe assured.
The office of the president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbascondemned what he described as a “horrible massacre” by the Israeli Army.
The truth is that sending aid to Gaza has been complicated in recent months. Even last week, the UN had to suspending an aid distribution due to attacks and looting. In addition, humanitarian organizations say that it has become almost impossible to deliver aid in the city as people desperately approach aid caravans.
Source: Ambito
