Three Palestinians were killed and dozen more injured by Israeli attacks near a humanitarian aid distribution site in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Monday, health officials and doctors reported. Reutersas the humanitarian crisis in the enclave continues to increase.
According to the Gaza Civil Defense Agency, the murders occurred in the neighborhood of such a distribution center operated by the Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) backed by the United States (GHF).
The Red Cross confirmed that his field hospital in Rafah received 50 injured individuals, two of whom were declared dead upon arrival.
A third mortality was reported at the Nasser hospital in the nearby Khan Younis.
The medical staff said that the majority of the injuries were caused by shots or shrapnel and included women and children. The witnesses said that great crowds had gathered in the area early Monday to receive help when they were criticized.
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The Israeli army published by drone aircraft that states that armed men shoot civilians who go to help sites, although the BBC He said he could not verify the location or date of the images.
Meanwhile, a journalist in Rafah told the BBC that the Israeli tanks opened fire against a crowd near the roundabout of Al-Alam, near the GHF site.
Monday’s murders follow a deadly incident one day before in the same area, where at least 31 people were reported by murders and more than 170 injured.
The witnesses told the BBC that the civilians were shot while trying to collect food.
The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) confirmed a “influx of mass victims” of 179 people at their Rafah Field hospital on Sunday, 21 of which were dead upon arrival.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported treating seriously injured patients and said some had described being fired from multiple directions while trying to access the aid.
However, the Israeli army admits that his forces were operating during the night in Rafah, however, they claim that he was under the complete Israeli control and that they fired warning shots to deter people who approached them.
The IDF said the incident occurred about 1 km from the help distribution site, and that the troops had acted to “prevent several suspects from approaching.” He states that he is aware of victims reports and is investigating.
GHF, who operates with the support of the United States and Israeli support, denied that any incident occurred in its center or near its center, stating that “there were no injuries, deaths or incidents during our operations.”
The group continues to state that victims’ reports are “direct manufactures” and blamed the wrong information distributed by Hamas.
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, expressed indignation for the repeated loss of civil life during humanitarian operations. “I am horrified by the reports of Palestinians killed and injured while looking for help in Gaza,” Guterres said in a statement on Monday.
He asked “an immediate and independent investigation into these events and that the perpetrators are responsible.”
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The United Nations and international aid organizations have lent alarm about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the population of more than two million faces acute shortage of food and conditions similar to famine after months of restricted access to help.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which opened its first aid distribution sites last week, has the support of the United States and operates with Israeli coordination.
However, their operations have been criticized by the UN and other humanitarian groups for ignoring traditional aid channels and working outside the internationally accepted humanitarian principles.
The Palestinian NGO network has requested a boycott of what the “Usraelí help mechanism” described in response to mortal incidents in the distribution point of GHF and its surroundings.
The relatives of one of the victims, Hussam Wafi, 37, met Monday at Nasser hospital to cry before their burial. “They were going quietly. They went to get food and water for their children, a can of hummus or FAVA beans, and shot them,” Wafi’s neighbor told Reuters, Abu Youssef.
Rejecting the international calls of Alto El Fuego, Israel has followed a devastating offensive in Gaza since October 2023, killing almost 54,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the anadolu agency.
Only on Monday, the Ministry reported 51 dead and 500 wounded throughout the enclave, including 16 people with a single air attack in a house in Jabalia.
Help agencies have warned about the risk of famine among the more than 2 million of the enclave.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest orders for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a case of genocide in the International Court of Justice for its war crimes against civilians in the enclave.
