According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israeli forces opened fire on an aid distribution site close to Rafah, killing at least 27 Palestinians and injuring 90 more.
The Flag Roundabout, which is close to a humanitarian organization’s (GHF) Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, was the site of the most recent killings on Tuesday morning.
In a few days, there has been a third incident involving the Rafah hub. More than 100 aid seekers have been killed since the US- and Israel-backed GHF started operating in the region on May 27, according to reports of violence, looting, and chaos rife among Gaza’s authorities.
“A number of suspects” deviated from the regulated routes, which was being made accessible by a crowd, according to the Israeli military, who fired shots as a result.
The military said in a statement on Telegram that it was looking into reports of casualties and that the “suspects” were about 500 meters (approximately 550 yards) away from the site.
The records department head of the Gaza Health Ministry, Zaher al-Waheidi, confirmed the death toll.
Eight others later died from their wounds, according to a spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Hisham Mhanna, who reported that 184 injured people had been transported to the organization’s field hospital in Rafah. 19 of them had been found dead on arrival.
Numerous injured people were seen arriving at the hospital, according to a video that Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency.
Lured
Israel is described as a “horrible, intentionally repeated crime” by Gaza’s government media office, which claims it has been luring hungry Palestinians to GHF centers since it was controversially inaugurated after an 11-week total blockade to start distributing most aid to the UN and other aid organizations before opening fire.
Since GHF began operations, 102 aid seekers have been killed at sites in the Rafah governorate and the so-called Netzarim Corridor, according to the report, with 490 others have been injured as a result of Tuesday’s death toll, up from 102 before GHF began operations.
On Monday, the UN demanded an impartial investigation into the frequent mass shootings of aid workers in Gaza.
Secretary General Antonio Guterres remarked, “Palestinians risk their lives for food, and that’s unacceptable.” “I demand that these events be investigated immediately and independently, and that those responsible be held accountable.”
Witnesses reported on the killings of Deir el-Balah on Tuesday, according to Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, adding that “we heard there was chaos.” “The Israeli forces just opened fire randomly, shooting Palestinians with live ammunition and quadcopters,” the statement read.
According to health ministry officials and doctors, the majority of the wounded have experienced head and chest injuries, she continued.
She continued, as did the previous two days’ bloodshed, which was occurring in the chaos surrounding the aid distribution centers.
“There is no procedure. She claimed that there isn’t a system. You simply need to run first to get the food.
“We will die, regardless.”
There was gunfire coming from all directions, according to Rasha al-Nahal, who was driving along with several other people killed and injured.
There was no aid when she finally arrived at the distribution center, according to al-Nahal, who added that Israeli troops “fired at us as we were returning.”
The shooting was described as “indiscriminate” by another witness, Neima al-Aaraj from Khan Younis.
She said, “I won’t come back.” We will die, “either way.”
In a statement on Telegram, the Israeli military claimed that troops had fired warning shots as people “deviated” from “designated access routes” and that “a few individual suspects who advanced toward the troops received additional shots after the suspects failed to retreat.”
However, it denied preventing civilians from getting aid or firing at them.
This account is consistent with statements made about alleged murders of three aid-seekers on Sunday and on Monday in a similar incident.
Source: Aljazeera
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