Gaza strip: Israel shot up a supply point, probably dozens of deaths

According to Palestinian information, Israeli soldiers are said to have once again shot many people near a distribution center for humanitarian aid.

How many victims are is unclear. The Hamas health authority speaks of the fact that at least 27 Palestinians near the southern city of Rafah were killed and around 90 others were injured. The number of victims had previously been specified at 15.

According to the Israeli army, soldiers have seen around half a kilometer from the distribution center, who would have approached them and presented them with a threat to them. They deviated from the intended paths to the auxiliary center, while at the same time a large crowd on the regular paths moved. Soldiers initially submitted warning shots. However, since the suspects had not returned, they would have shot on individual suspects.

The Israeli army is aware of reports on victims, it said. The details of the incident would be examined. The army does not prevent the army from reaching the distribution centers, the army emphasized.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported attacks on the crowd, also with artillery fire and fighter aircraft.

The Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF), which distributes meals over the centers, said that the delivery in Rafah itself was “safe and without incidents”. She is aware that Israel’s army was investigating whether people had been injured who left the proven security corridor and entered a military restricted area. “This was an area far outside our safe distribution center and our area of ​​application,” it said in a message.

A video spread in social and Palestinian media is said to show the corpses of several young men and injuries in a clinic.

All of the information cannot currently be checked independently.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for a prompt and impartial examination of the incidents in Geneva. “Attacks that aim at civilians are a serious violation of international law and a war crime,” said Türk.

The United Nations accuses Israel of hindering humanitarian aid. They reject the use of the controversial new GHF Foundation. Turk spoke of “Israel’s militarized humanitarian aid mechanism”, endangering human life. The foundation does not respond to questions about who finances them and where the money for the food packages comes from. The few GHF distribution centers are guarded by armed security forces. The needy are forced to run for miles to reach them.