At least 23 Palestinians died on Sunday after the Israeli troops began to shoot at the crowds of people who were heading for food distribution centers. This was reported by local health professionals and eyewitnesses, TASR writes according to AP report.
The Nasir Hospital stated that it had accepted the bodies of victims from the directions leading to the distribution centers, including eight from the area, which lies about three kilometers from the center of help in Khan Juni. The center is operated by the Humanitarian Foundation for the Gaza Strip (GHF), whose activities are supported by Israel and the United States.
They also brought one body to the hospital from the Šakuš area, which is only a few hundred meters from the next GHF distribution site in Rafah. She added that the other nine people were shot by soldiers near the Morag Corridor. Three Witnesses for AP said there were distribution points that are located in military zones occupied by Israeli forces on the routes.
There were similar attacks in the central part of Gaza, when the Israeli troops launched fire on the crowds of the Palestinians on Sunday morning trying to get to the distribution center Near the corridor Natzarim. According to Al-Awd’s staff, at least five people died in this attack and 27 suffered injuries.
The United Nations (UN) has announced that From May 27 to 31 July, 859 people were killed near the GHF distribution resorts. Hundreds of others have lost their lives along the routes of food convoys, which are under the leadership of the UN itself.
From May 26, the Humanitarian Foundation for Gaza (GHF) has been distributed in Gaza, but from the beginning it has been accompanied by chaos and almost every day the media reports on the deaths of people waiting for help, shot by Israeli soldiers. The start of the GHF’s work was preceded by a 11 -week Israeli blockade of all aid in the Palestinian territory.
UN and some other leading humanitarian organizations refused to cooperate with the Foundation, Since they were established in order to support Israeli military interests in Gaza. The Israeli army of such incidents blame the Palestinian militant Hamas movement.