Feeling threatened by people who had brought trucks of aid into the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers shot into the crowd. Reports speak of dozens of deaths.
More than a hundred people were killed and hundreds injured, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority in the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian government accused Israel of opening fire on the waiting crowd. Saudi Arabia and Jordan also criticized Israel over the incident.
Israel: People wanted to plunder vices
The Israeli army confirmed the incident to the Haaretz newspaper. Scores of residents crowded around arriving trucks carrying aid supplies to loot them. Dozens were killed and injured as a result of jostling and jostling.
The UN calls for an investigation
The United Nations is calling for an investigation, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General António Guterres announced in New York on Thursday. “There will come a time of responsibility,” added Stephane Dujarric. United Nations staff were not present at the incident, they do not know all the facts and are aware that there are different stories.
“As far as we are concerned, we do not know exactly what happened and whether people were hit and died by Israeli gunfire, whether they were crushed by a crowd or run over by trucks,” UN spokesman Dujarric continued. UN Secretary General António Guterres condemned the incident. “Desperate civilians in Gaza need urgent help, including those in the besieged north, where the United Nations has been unable to provide aid for more than a week,” the report said. The UN chief was also “shocked” that 30,000 people had already been killed and another 70,000 injured in the Gaza war, according to the health authority. The UN spokesperson reiterated that the United Nations believes the figures are correct.
Source: Krone
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