More than 30 people were killed and scores were injured Sunday after an attack near a food aid distribution center in the GazaAccording to the Gaza Ministry of Health managed by Hamas and several witnesses. The Israeli army denied saying that its soldiers were involved.
People were about to receive food when they were dismissed about 1,000 meters from a Rafah aid site led by a foundation supported by Israel, witnesses told the Associated Press.
“There was fire of all directions, naval warships, tanks and drones,” said Amr Abu Teiba, who was in the crowd.
He said he saw at least 10 bodies with ball wounds and several other injured, including women. People used trolleys to transport the dead and injured to the country hospital. “The scene was horrible,” he said.
The army of Israel said in a statement that its forces did not draw on civilians or inside the site, citing an initial investigation.
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The Gaza Ministry of Health managed by Hamas said 31 people had been killed and that 170 others were injured.
The United States and Israelis Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said in a statement that he delivered help for help 16 aid trucks “without incident” on Sunday and rejected what he called “false reports on deaths, mass injuries and chaos” around his sites, which are in Israeli military areas where independent access is limited.
Before Sunday, the The distribution of the help of the GHF had been spoiled by chaosAnd several witnesses said that Israeli troops fired in crowds near the delivery sites, the AP.
The Foundation indicates that the private security entrepreneurs who kept its sites did not shoot the crowd, while the Israeli army admitted to having drawn warning plans on previous occasions.
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Israel and the United States say that the new system aims to prevent Hamas from siphoning aid. Israel has provided no evidence of systematic diversion and the United Nations have occurred.
The United Nations agencies and large aid groups have refused to work with the new system, claiming that it violates humanitarian principles because it allows Israel to control who receives help and obliges people to move to distribution sites, risking even more mass movement in the territory.
The United Nations system struggled to help after Israel slightly attenuated its total blockade of the territory last month. These groups say that Israeli restrictions, rupture of law and order and widespread looting make it extremely difficult to provide aid to around 2 million Palestinians from Gaza.
Experts have warned that the territory risks famine if no more aid is not brought.
The ceasefire talks fogled
The Sunday’s incident occurred while Israel and Hamas exchanged the blame for the failing mediation supply to guarantee a temporary cease-fire and the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas said on Saturday that it was looking Changes to a ceasefire proposal supported by the United StatesBut President Trump’s special envoy in the Middle East rejected the group’s response as “totally unacceptable”.
“Hamas should accept the executive proposal that we presented as a proximity talks, which we can start immediately the coming week,” Steve Witkoff’s office said in a statement.
Basem Naim, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said in a statement that Hamas had not rejected Witkoff’s proposal.
“Nevertheless, we have now responded positively and responsible for a manner that filled the minimum of the requests and aspirations of our people,” Naim said in a statement. “Why, each time, is the Israeli response considered to be the only answer for negotiation? This violates the integrity and equity of mediation and constitutes a complete bias towards the other side.”
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The Israeli government has accepted the Proposal described by the United States
The war began when terrorists led by Hamas burst into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and removing 251. They still hold 58 hostages, about a third of them considered alive, after most of the others were released in agreements of executives or other agreements.
The military campaign of Israel killed more than 54,000 people, mainly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not say how many deaths were civilians or combatants. The offensive has destroyed large areas of the territory, moved around 90% of its population and left people who depend almost completely on international aid.