I hesitated to run this Al Jazeera fake news video. It blames Israel for the food riot Hamas started as the aid convoys arrived.
This morning, Hamas health officials claimed more than 70 Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza City were killed by Israeli forces. The IDF says that as humanitarian aid was being delivered to the northern Gaza Strip, a “violent gathering” erupted surrounding the trucks, during which Palestinians looted the equipment.
“During the incident, dozens of Gazans were injured as a result of pushing and trampling,” the IDF says, adding that the incident is under review.
A military source says that following the incident, some of the crowd began to move toward Israeli forces in the area — who were tasked with coordinating the entry of the aid trucks to northern Gaza — in a way that “endangered” the troops. The source says troops opened fire at the crowd, and that the second incident is also being investigated. Dozens of Gazans said killed in stampede for aid; IDF opens fire, blamed for deaths
Hamas puts toll at 104, says incident could cause suspension of hostage talks; army says under 10 casualties caused by IDF fire when troops endangered, others trampled amid looting
Dozens of Palestinians were killed Thursday in Gaza City as they swarmed aid trucks that entered the city. Hamas blamed the IDF for the deaths. The military said most of the casualties were caused by a stampede and being run over by the supply vehicles. Gunmen also opened fire in the area as they looted the supplies. However, the army also acknowledged that troops opened fire on several of the Gazans, who they said were endangering soldiers. The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said the death toll reached 107, with hundreds more injured. The figures could not be independently confirmed. The Israel Defense Forces published drone video showing thousands of people swarming around the aid trucks as they reached the area in northern Gaza. In some cases, the vehicles continued to try and push past the crowds. According to an initial IDF probe of the crush, the vast majority of the casualties were a result of trampling and being struck by the aid trucks. The incident began at around 4 a.m., when some 30 trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrived at the coast of Gaza City, to deliver food to Palestinians in the Rimal neighborhood. Thousands of Palestinians rushed the trucks after they passed an IDF checkpoint in central Gaza, leading to a stampede in which dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded, some after being run over by the trucks, according to the probe. The IDF’s initial investigation found that some of the trucks managed to continue further north, where armed men reportedly opened fire at the convoy near Rimal and looted it. Dozens of Palestinians who rushed the last truck in the convoy began to move toward an IDF tank and troops stationed at the military’s checkpoint, the investigation found. Dozens of Palestinians were killed Thursday in Gaza City as they swarmed aid trucks that entered the city. Hamas blamed the IDF for the deaths. The military said most of the casualties were caused by a stampede and being run over by the supply vehicles. Gunmen also opened fire in the area as they looted the supplies. However, the army also acknowledged that troops opened fire on several of the Gazans, who they said were endangering soldiers. NN: Now imagine Israel trying to provide a humanitarn safety zone for 1.5 million displaced people in Rahala before an ivasion.