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Israeli soldiers killed 45 Palestinians who gathered in the hope of obtaining aid near the southern city of Khan Yunis in Gaza, according to the local Ministry of Health, in the latest series of shootings from people looking for food amid hunger conditions in the pocket.
Thousands of people expected the trucks to reach the next round when the soldiers opened the fire, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. It was not clear which organization any trucks to which it belongs, and whether the delivery operations are scheduled to reach in reality.
Israel It has imposed a narrow siege on Gaza, as it banned all three -month delivery operations, although in recent weeks it has allowed clearance of supplies from the United Nations and other groups.
The United Nations has almost replaced as a channel for help before Gaza Humanitarian CorporationA special group unknown by Israel and the United States.
The Israeli army said that its soldiers opened fire in a gathering of people next to the aid distribution truck that stumbled in the Khan Yunis area, and near the Israeli defense forces operating in the area.
She said: “The Israeli Defense Army is aware of reports related to a number of injured individuals from the Israeli Defense Army fire after the crowd’s approach. Details of the incident are under review.”
The killing of Palestinians heading to GHF dining sites has become a near -daily occurrence since the new aid program began at the end of May. The killings come on Tuesday, a day after the Israeli forces killed 34 Palestinians trying to reach food at the GHF sites near his Rafah in the south of the pocket and in the center of the tape.
UN agencies say that the population of the Gaza Strip is on the brink of starvation, and that thousands of children have been subjected to severe nutrition. The restrictions imposed on the aid entering Gaza, which were condemned by humanitarian groups and even some Israeli allies, have continued since Israel released An attack on Iran Friday.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the attack on Tuesday was injured hundreds of people, in addition to the number of dead, which was a preliminary number and may rise.
A total of about 338 people have already been killed in an attempt to reach the GHF food centers as of Monday, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. The centers were open for less than three weeks.
The shooting was reported on Monday in the south of Gaza in Alm Roundabout, the last point where thousands of Palestinians who starved who walked hours during the night before the GHF Food Center opened, ready to hurry to try to secure a box before the help of help.
The IDF said that its soldiers opened fire on Monday after people approached them in a way that they considered a threat, and that the shooting had occurred in an area that it classified as a combat area.
The GHF scheme, which started in late May, was filmed by its American and Israeli supporters as an alternative to the long -term relief system run by United Nations and other non -governmental groups.
The United Nations condemned this plan as a “arranging” system for aid that strongly needed to force the displacement from Ghazan to the south of the tape, and refused to cooperate with GHF. The plan is run by private sector contractors with armed guards in the areas obtained by the Israeli army.
GHF said last week that their assistance was safely delivered and that “instead of quarrels … they need (the United Nations) to enter the game. We are ready to cooperate and help them get their help to the needy people.”
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