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Israeli troops have reportedly shot dead at least 50 people who rushed towards trucks containing humanitarian aid for Gaza City residents. This was revealed by an official at a hospital in Gaza on Thursday (29/2).
“The number of martyrs has risen to at least 50 people… and more than 120 people have been injured, including women and children, as a result of the occupation’s shelling of crowds in Gaza City,” said Amjad Aliwa, director of the emergency unit at Al-Shifa Hospital in a statement, as reported by the news agency AFPThursday (29/2/2024).
The Israeli military said it was “looking into” reports of the incident.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said at least 70 people were killed and 280 others were injured in the same incident.
A witness told AFP that the incident occurred at the Nabulsi roundabout in the western part of Gaza City, as thousands of people rushed towards the trucks.
“The truck full of relief goods came too close to several army tanks that were in the area and thousands of people rushed at the truck,” said an eyewitness who declined to be named for security reasons.
“Soldiers opened fire on the crowd when people got too close to the tanks,” he added.
Previously, the Ministry of Health in Hamas-controlled Gaza said on Thursday (29/2), that the death toll in the Palestinian territory during the war between Hamas and Israel had exceeded 30,000 people.
“The death toll exceeds 30,000 people,” said the Gaza Ministry of Health in a statement as quoted by the AFP news agency, Thursday (29/2/2024). The ministry added that the toll included at least 79 deaths reported overnight.
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