24 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution, says Hamas-run Gaza health ministry
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by 0 Twenty-four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
They were reportedly killed in the Rafah area of Gaza early Tuesday.
The Hamas-run ministry claimed that dozens of people were injured, with some of them being in serious condition.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that it had fired shots at individuals about half a kilometre from the aid distribution site of US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Gaza, but added that individuals were moving towards its forces in a way that “posed a threat to them”.
It comes just days after Israel accepted a US-brokered ceasefire proposal, which would see the release over the course of a week of nine living hostages and half of the known hostages who have died.
Hamas said last week that it was seeking amendments to the proposed 60-day truce, offering 10 living Israeli hostages and the bodies of 18 in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
The IDF said in a statement: “Earlier today (Tuesday), during the movement of the crowd along the designated routes toward the aid distribution site – approximately half a kilometre from the site – IDF troops identified several suspects moving toward them, deviating from the designated access routes.
“The troops carried out warning fire, and after the suspects failed to retreat, additional shots were directed near a few individual suspects who advanced toward the troops.”
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It also highlighted that IDF troops were “not preventing the arrival of Gazan civilians to the humanitarian aid distribution sites”.
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