STORY: 112 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israel fires on aid seekers
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 29, 2024
DATELINE: March. 1, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:37
LOCATION: Gaza
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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STORYLINE:

At least 112 Palestinians were killed and 760 others wounded by an Israeli attack on civilians waiting to receive humanitarian aid in the west of Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical and security sources.

"The Israeli army committed a new massacre against the hungry people who went to the west of the city to get some flour for their families," Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Hamas-run Health Ministry, said in a press statement.

Al-Qedra added that the victims were transferred to the hospitals of Al-Shifa, Al-Maamadani, and Kamal Odwan, where medical teams were struggling to treat a number of serious cases with limited capabilities.

"Unfortunately, the number of deaths would increase... Most of the causalities were shot on the upper parts of their bodies," Al-Qedra told Xinhua, calling on the international community to stop the war launched by Israel.

Local eyewitnesses told Xinhua that the Israeli army targeted with artillery and guns fire a gathering of civilians near the Nabulsi roundabout on Al-Rashid Street.

But Avichai Adraee, a spokesperson of the Israeli army, said in a press statement that "during the entry of humanitarian aid trucks, a violent stampede broke out at the place by residents around the trucks, trying to loot the goods."

"As a result, part of the large crowd approached the soldiers who were protecting the trucks, which led them to open fire after they felt that their lives were in danger," Adraee said, adding that the army had begun investigating the incident.

Responding to the incident, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) threatened to stop its truce negotiations with Israel.

So far, there are 30,035 Palestinians killed and more than 70,457 others injured in Gaza, said the Hamas-run Health Ministry on Thursday.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaza.
(XHTV)