2024-03-23 19:00:20
A food aid distribution in Gaza turned tragic again on Saturday. Hamas claimed that 19 Palestinians were killed and 23 injured by “tank and shell fire from the Israeli occupation army” at the Kuwait Roundabout on the outskirts of Gaza City. For its part, the Israeli army denied having fired on Palestinians awaiting this distribution.
“Reports claiming that Israeli forces attacked dozens of Gazans near an aid convoy are incorrect,” the army said in a statement. According to “first elements”, “there was no air strike against the convoy, nor shooting by forces [israéliennes] on people near the aid convoy,” she said. The army added that soldiers accompanied the same aid convoy which it said was intercepted and then “looted by hundreds of Gazans”.
“Very serious injuries”
A spokesman for civil defense in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, reported “shooting against civilians”, adding that the wounded had been transported to al-Ahli Arab hospital, also called Baptist hospital. He described “very serious injuries, some from shrapnel”.
On March 14, the Hamas Ministry of Health reported 20 deaths and more than a hundred injured by “Israeli fire” in similar circumstances, at the same roundabout. The next day, the Israeli army spoke of shooting by “armed Palestinians”, denying these accusations.
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On February 29, an aid distribution turned into a tragedy in western Gaza City, leaving 120 dead according to Hamas, which accused the army of opening fire on the crowd. The army said its soldiers had “fired on a number of suspects who were approaching [d’eux] and presented a threat.” She assured that a stampede left “dozens of dead and injured”.
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