At least 24 Palestinians died on Tuesday and dozens were more injured by shots of the Israeli army while, confirmed the Ministry of Health of the Hamas Government.
“So far, 24 dead and dozens of wounded have reached hospitals, including one in critical condition,” healing confirmed that these are provisional figures from another “massacre” against whom they expected the delivery of aid in the designated area for their distribution in Rafah.
This new massacre is given hours after the UN Secretary General, asked on Monday an independent investigation after the death of at least 31 people near a humanitarian aid center in Gaza, charged by Palestinian rescuers to the Israeli army, which denies any involvement.
According to Gaza’s civil defense, the Israeli shots already killed 31 people on Sunday and wounded another 176 near a food distribution center of a Foundation supported by the United States located in Rafah, at the southern end of the devastated Palestinian territory. They would join the more than 20 known today.
The Israeli army, at war against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas after his attack in southern Israel, denied having “triggered civilians while they were close or inside” of the distribution center of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
However, an Israeli military source admitted that “warning shots were shot […] Towards several suspects that advanced to soldiers “on Sunday before dawn, approximately one kilometer from the center of the GHF.
Images of the AFP agency showed civilians carrying bodies and doctors from nearby hospitals reported that there was an avalanche of wounded by bullet. “I am dismayed (…) it is unacceptable that the Palestinians are risking their lives for food,” Guterres denounced in a statement. I call that there is an immediate and independent investigation into these facts and for the authors to be responsible, “he added, without attributing death to anyone.
A GHF spokesman denied any incident and denounced “false and completely invented” information. The GHF, which eludes the UN humanitarian aid system, is a private society with a little transparent financing, supported by the United States and Israel. Since the beginning of its operations at the end of May, he claims to have distributed millions of meals in the territory.
But its deployment has been accompanied by chaotic scenes and information that account for victims of Israeli shots near the distribution centers.
“Fear and chaos”
According to the UN, the entire population of Gaza runs a risk of famine. The agency already denounced incidents of looting of humanitarian aid, especially by armed individuals.
The United Nations rejected to work with GHF due to concerns about its processes and neutrality. Some humanitarian aid agencies consider that it was designed to respond to Israeli military objectives.
Several witnesses told the AFP that they were on their way to the help center when drones and tanks opened fire against the crowd, on Sunday.
They were “05h00 or 05h30, before the sun rose” when the shots exploded, near the roundabout of Allam, where a crowd had gathered before going to the center of the GHF, one kilometer from there, a 33 -year -old inhabitant said.
“Of course, it was the Israeli army who shot royal bullets. Thousands of people waited in the roundabout (…) But the army shot and everyone fled. Fear and chaos reigned,” said the man, who wanted to keep anonymity.
For his part, Mohamed Abu Deqqa, 35, indicated that he heard the first shots “around 05h00”. “At first, we thought it was warning shots. But much did not need to intensify. I started seeing people laying down on the floor, covered with blood,” he explained. “The throws pointed against civilians, people began to run, but many could not escape,” he added.
to end the war in Gaza, where the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. For two months, the Israeli army imposed a complete blockade to the territory, which was partially lifted at the end of May.
The Israeli army spokesman, Effie Defrin, accused Hamas of doing “everything possible, everything he can, to prevent” the distribution of aid and promised to “investigate each of these accusations” against Israeli troops.
The Civil Defense of Gaza also reported on Monday 14 dead in an Israeli bombing in Jabaliya, in the north of the coastal enclave.
The attack of Hamas of October 7 left 1,218 dead in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count from official data. Islamist militiamen also captured 251 people that day, of which 57 are still held in Gaza, including 34 who are dead, according to Israeli authorities. More than 54,470 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died in the Israeli retaliation offensive, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Gaza, considered reliable by the UN.
