Israeli gunfire kills at least 30 Palestinians According to a civil defense agency operated by Hamas, awaiting humanitarian aid in northern Gaza on Wednesday.
A Gaza civil defense spokesman told AFP that the Israeli fire caused 300 people to be injured. Israel said details of the incident were “still being checked”.
The IDF said they fired a “warning gun” after Gaza people gathered around aid trucks 3 km southwest of Zikim Crossing, but they “did not know any casualties from IDF Gunfire”.
Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, said that 35 bodies were received at his facility after the incident, according to AFP.
The hospital said at least 48 Palestinians were killed, according to the Associated Press.
Gaza hospital sources told BBC separately Six Palestinians were killed Wednesday morning, near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) Aid Allocation Centre in the Gasarafa area.
GHF told the BBC there were no murders at or near its location on Wednesday.
The IDF told the BBC a “club of suspects” that the country’s “criminal suspects” posed a threat to its troops and was told to leave, and the army subsequently fired a “warning shot” at a distance “hundreds of meters” from the distribution center.
The military also said: “The initial review showed that the number of casualties reported was inconsistent with the information held by the IDF.”
According to the UN Human Rights Office, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to obtain food aid.
Hamas, Gaza – Operations Ministry of Health says more than 150 people have died from malnutrition since the beginning of the Israel Hamas War in 2023.
It’s a bunch Unsupported Global Food Security Experts Warning Although Israel announced a series of “Tactical Pause” Aid is allowed to enter the territory during military operations.
Israel said this was not a restriction on aid to enter Gaza, which some European countries and the United Nations refused.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this week that “assistance” Didi to Gaza “must become the ocean.”
“Food, water, medicine and fuel must flow in the waves without blockage. This nightmare must end,” he added.
On Thursday, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Israel to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Witkov’s visit is Canada follows France and the United Kingdom This is the third G7 country when announcing the recognition of the Palestinian state’s plans for the United Nations General Assembly in September.
more than 60,000 Palestinians were killed According to the Hamas-run health ministry, Israel has included 18,592 children and 9,782 women in its military campaign in Gaza since October 2023.
Israel launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, with about 1,200 people killed and another 251 people taking hostages.
