Israel says Palestinian gunmen killed Gazans waiting for aid

YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. Israel Defense Forces say that Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Gazan civilians waiting for aid at Kuwait Square in Gaza City, leading to casualties. According to a statement from IDF, its troops did not open fire at any stage during the incident.

“This past Thursday, the IDF facilitated the passage of 31 humanitarian aid trucks for civilians in northern Gaza. Approximately one hour before the arrival of the convoy to the humanitarian corridor, armed Palestinians opened fire while Gazan civilians were awaiting the arrival of the aid convoy. As aid trucks were entering, the Palestinian gunmen continued to shoot as the crowd of Gazans began looting the trucks. Additionally, a number of Gazan civilians were run over by the trucks,” the statement reads.

Gaza's health authorities said at least 29 Palestinians were killed while awaiting aid in two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on March 14, Reuters reported earlier. In the first incident, Palestinian health officials in the Hamas-ruled strip said eight people were killed in an airstrike on an aid distribution center in Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Later, at least 21 people were killed and more than 150 wounded by Israeli gunfire at a crowd awaiting aid trucks at a northern Gaza roundabout, Gaza's health ministry said.