The Civil Defense of Gaza has revised its assertion upwards, now counting 27 deaths -on the place of 15- in the south of the Palestinian territory after Israeli shots This Tuesday morning, the army indicating that it had opened fire towards “suspects” refusing to respond to the injunctions of its soldiers.
“At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured (…) when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire with the help of tanks and drones on thousands of civilians who had gathered from dawn near the Al-Mawasi region, in the Al-Mawasi region, north-west of Rafah,” said the spokesman for civil defense, Bassal.
The Israeli army speaks of “warning shots”
The Israeli army said it was confronted with “suspects” during a crowd movement along the roads leading to a humanitarian aid distribution site, about half a kilometer.
Earlier in the day, while the crowd advanced along the routes designated towards the aid distribution center, about half a kilometer of the site, the troops of TSAhal identified several suspects who approached them by deviating from the journeys …
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“TSAHAL troops do not block access to civilians in humanitarian distribution centers. The summons shots were carried out about half a kilometer from the distribution center, towards several suspects who advanced in a manner deemed threatening for the soldiers, “the army added in a statement.
The army is “aware of information concerning victims, and the details of the incident are being examined,” she said.
This murderous episode intervenes after shots Who left dozens of dead and injured this Sunday near a humanitarian aid center supported by the United States and Israel in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to the Civil Defense of Gaza, 31 people were then killed and 176 injured by Israeli fire in the governorate of Rafah.
At war for almost 20 months in Gaza against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas after its attack on October 7, 2023 on Israeli soil, the Israeli army denied having “fired on civilians while they were near or inside” from the center of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on an independent investigation on Monday following these fatal shots. Israel faces increasing international pressure to end the war in the Gaza Strip, plagued by a catastrophic humanitarian situation.
