from Daily Sabah
Israeli forces in Gaza fired on Palestinians seeking food aid in a chaotic scene, resulting in over 100 deaths, according to the Gazan Health Ministry on Friday, with European, Middle Eastern and U.N. leaders condemning Israel's actions, as the United Nations Security Council held a closed-door emergency meeting on the incident.
The Health Ministry in Gaza condemned the "massacre" in Gaza City, reporting 112 dead and over 750 wounded.
The Israeli military described the atrocity as a "stampede," with thousands of hungry Gazans encircling a convoy of 38 aid trucks resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
But, an Israeli source confirmed that troops had fired on the crowd.
The incident adds to the Palestinian death toll from Israel's attacks, which has topped 30,000, mostly women and children, and dampened hopes that a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away.
A witness in Gaza City, declining to be named for safety reasons, said the violence began when thousands of people rushed toward aid trucks at the city's western Nabulsi roundabout, with Israeli soldiers firing at the crowd "as people came too close" to tanks.
Ali Awad Ashqir, who said he had gone to get food for his starving family, said that he had been waiting for two hours when trucks began to arrive.
"The moment they arrived, the occupation army fired artillery shells and guns," he said.
But Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari disputed this saying the military had fired what he called "a few warning shots"..read more here
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