New information about killed at food distribution in Gaza
Last Sunday, in conjunction with the controversial Israel and USA-supported organization Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distributed food and medicines near Rafah, were killed at least 31 Palestinians When they were on their way to the newly established center from which the emergency aid is to be distributed, authorities in Gaza reports.
According to witnesses, it was the Israeli military who opened fire to the large crowd that was waiting. IDF denies involvement and Word stands against words.
Early on Tuesday morning It must have happened again. This time, it states by the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry that 27 people were killed in anticipation of help next to a distribution center in the Muwasi area, near Rafah, which among many others BBC reported on. A doctor with whom the BBC spoke describes the situation as a « veritable carnage. »
According to Haaretz Also 184 injured were taken to the Red Cross Hospital in Rafah and to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. Eight of them died after arriving in hospital, says Hisham Mhanna, spokesperson for the International Red Cors Committee for the newspaper,
According to sources like Haaretz reproduces from people who were in the area, the shooting was persistent and of a kind that only the military is capable of performing.
– It was not gunfire from armed groups or looters – it was heavy and direct fire, as in a battlefield, says an eyewitness Ill Haaretz.
IDF further denies involvement, but admits in a pronounced on X That they were shot at « residents who approached them » about a kilometer from the food distribution center in Rafah, this before the distribution of emergency assistance was initiated. The IDF must have started the shooting with warning shots that were not heard. Following the reports on the number of dead, the IDF has launched an investigation into what happened.
Yasser Abu LubdaA 50-year-old Palestinian refugee from Rafah, with whom Haaretz spoke, says that the shooting started around four in the morning, about a kilometer from the aid distribution center. He said he saw several people being killed or injured.
Neima al-Aaraj, a woman from Khan Younis, gave a similar description. She describes the shooting from Israeli forces as « indiscriminate ». Rasha al-Nahal, another witness, says she counted on more than a dozen dead and several wounded along the way.
Volker Türk, UN’s highest commissioner for human rights, tells the BBC that he cannot accept that emergency aid is distributed in the way now being done, through large distribution centers where the emergency seekers themselves can apply for. In addition, the food distributed must be cooked, something that many have great difficulties to do in the circumstances prevailing.
– Imagine people who are desperate for food and medicines after being completely without three months. Now they have to run and fight to get close to the help. It is not acceptable, says Volker Türk.
