The shootings come after an Israeli and US-backed foundation established aid distribution points inside Israeli military zones, a system it says is designed to circumvent Hamas
Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli strike in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip. Pics/AFP
Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site on Tuesday, killing at least 27, in the third such incident in three days. The army said it fired “near a few individual suspects” who left the designated route, approached its forces and ignored warning shots.
The shootings come after an Israeli and US-backed foundation established aid distribution points inside Israeli military zones, a system it says is designed to circumvent Hamas. The United Nations rejected the system, saying it doesn’t address Gaza’s mounting hunger crisis and allows Israel to use aid as a weapon.
Palestinian children wait for food at a distribution point in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, on Monday
Israeli said it was looking into reports of casualties on Tuesday. It previously said it fired warning shots at suspects who approached its forces early on Sunday and Monday, when health officials and witnesses said 34 people were killed. The Israeli military denies opening fire on civilians or blocking them from aid sites.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which operates the sites, says there has been no violence in or around them. On Tuesday, it acknowledged that the Israeli military was investigating whether civilians were wounded “after moving beyond the designated safe corridor and into a closed military zone”, in an area that was “well beyond our secure distribution site.”
Three Israeli troops killed in Gaza
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that three of its soldiers in their early 20’s were killed in the Gaza Strip, in the “deadliest attack on Israel’s forces since it ended a ceasefire with Hamas in March.” The soldiers fell during combat on Monday.
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