Khan Younis, Gaza Strip (AP) – The Israeli Gaza Strip forces opened fire while people headed for a kilometer aid distribution site in Sunrise on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, health officials and a witness said. The army said it had shot on “suspects” who approached its strength.
The shooting occurred in the same place where witnesses say that Israeli forces drew a day earlier on crowds of people heading towards the southern Gaza aid center led by the Israel and supported by the United States Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The Israeli army said that he had shot warning on Monday to “several suspects who advanced towards the troops and laid a threat to them”, about a kilometer (1000 meters) from the aid distribution site at a time when it was closed. The army denied that he prevented people from reaching the site.
The United Nations and the main aid groups have rejected the new foundation aid distribution system. They say that it violates humanitarian principles and cannot meet the montage needs in the territory of around 2 million people, where Experts warned against famine Due to an Israeli blockade which was only slightly attenuated last month.
In a separate incident on Monday, an Israeli strike on a residential building in northern Gaza killed 14 people, according to health officials. The Shifa et al-Ahli hospitals have confirmed the strike of the Jabaliya built refugee camp, saying that five women and seven children were one of the people killed.
The army said that it had struck “terrorism targets” in northern Gaza, without developing. Israel says that it only targets activists and is trying to avoid harming civilians. He blamed Hamas’ civilian dead because the militant group is rooted in populated areas.
Shot in the south of Gaza
A Red Cross Hospital received 50 injured, two of which died on their arrival after the shooting in southern Gaza, according to Hisham Mhanna, spokesperson for the Red Cross. He said most had gunshots and shell injuries. Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis said he had received a third body.
Moataz Al-Feirani, 21, who was treated at Nasser Hospital, said that he had been shot in his leg while walking with a crowd of thousands of people to the aid distribution site. He said the Israeli forces opened fire as they approached the flag roundabout around 5:30 am
“We had nothing, and they (soldiers) looked at us,” he said, adding that the drones spun them.
Sunday, At least 31 people were killed and more than 170 injured At the flag roundabout while large crowds were heading for the help site, according to local health officials, aid groups and several eyewitnesses. The witnesses said that Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd around 3 a.m. after ordering them to disperse and come back when the distribution site opens.
Sunday, the Israeli army denied that its forces shot civilians near the aid site in the city of southern Rafah, now more uninhabited, a military zone Excluding limits to independent media. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with the procedure, said the troops had fired on several suspects who advanced towards them overnight.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, who denied Previous accounts of chaos and shots Around his sites, said he had provided help on two days without incident.
Sunday evening, the Foundation published a statement, claiming that the aid winners must remain on the designated road to reach the center on Monday, and that Israeli troops are positioned along the way to ensure their safety. “Leaving the road is extremely dangerous,” said the press release.
“ Risking their lives for food ”
Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was “dismayed by Palestinian reports killed and injured when he asked for help from Gaza”. “It is unacceptable that Palestinians risk their lives for food.”
“I call an immediate and independent investigation into these events and that the authors must be held responsible,” he said in a statement on Monday.
Israel and the United States say that it has helped establish the new aid system to bypass Hamas, which they accuse of siphoning help.
UN agencies deny that there is a systemic diversion of help and say that the new system violates humanitarian principles by allowing Israel to control who receives help and forcing the Palestinians to travel long distances to receive it.
Palestinians must pass near the Israeli forces and cross the military lines to reach the GHF centers, unlike the United Nations aid network, which provides aid where the Palestinians are located.
No end for the War of Israel-Hamas
The War of Israel-Hamas began when Palestinian militants broke into Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mainly civilians and removing 251. Hamas still has 58 hostages, about a third of them believed in life, after most of the others were released in ceases or other agreements.
The military campaign of Israel killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, according to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, which does not say how many deaths were civilians or combatants. The ministry is led by health professionals but is the government managed by Hamas. Son toll is considered generally reliable By United Nations agencies and independent experts, although Israel has challenged its number.
Hamas said that it would only publish the remaining hostages in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners, a sustainable ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.
Israel has promised to continue the war until all the hostages have returned, and Hamas is defeated or disarmed and sent into exile. He said he would maintain Gaza control indefinitely and facilitate what he calls voluntary emigration of a large part of his population.
The Palestinians and most of the international community have rejected resettlement plans, considering them as a forced expulsion.
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Shurafa reported Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip and Magdy from Cairo.
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