At least 104 people were killed and 760 injured in a chaotic incident in which Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops opened fire as starving Palestinian civilians gathered around food aid trucks, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. in Gaza.
A CNN cannot independently confirm the numbers.
Civilians crowded around aid trucks in hopes of getting food when Israeli tanks and drones began firing at people on Haroun Al Rasheed Street in western Gaza City, in the Sheikh Ajleen area.
An Israeli official told CNN that IDF troops used fire on people surrounding the aid truck while “the crowd approached the forces in a way that posed a threat to the troops, who responded to the threat with live fire.”
“The incident is under review,” he concluded.
Aid trucks attempted to escape the area, accidentally running over others and causing more deaths and injuries, witnesses added to the news release. CNN .
Amjad Eleiwa, in the emergency room at Al Shifa Hospital, told CNN that 40 of the dead people reached the hospital.
Hussam Abu Safiya from Kamal Adwan Hospital told CNN that another 10 dead individuals arrived at the hospital, while Al Awda Hospital in Jabalya confirmed the arrival of another three dead individuals.
The number of deaths and injuries is expected to rise as many bodies and people are still on the streets, with ambulances struggling to reach those in need because rubble is blocking the way, Ahmad Abu Al Foul told CNN .
Answering CNN the IDF that “the incident is under review”.
“This morning, during the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the northern Gaza Strip, Gaza residents surrounded the trucks and looted the supplies that were being delivered,” the IDF told CNN.
Oxfam International condemned the attack in a post on X (formerly Twitter), saying it was a “serious violation of international humanitarian law and our humanity.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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