People at the scene described it as a “massacre” and claimed that the members of the Israeli Power (Random “on the groups of Palestinians – are allegedly in accordance with the pumps held by the GAZA Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) supported by the USA and Israel.
Most of the victims, which was attributed to the Civil Protection Spokesman, credited “Israeli Fire”, was killed in the area of Tein, about three kilometers from GHF’s Help Center east of Khan Younis.
Medical sources were told for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that many were wounded in a difficult situation, while witnesses stated that they were among the dead and wounded many children and teenagers.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has received 25 bodies, as well as dozens wounded, while nine people were killed near one center northwest of Rafah, cited by civil protection.
Dr. AteF Al-Hout, Nasser Hospital Director, described the situation as “unseed number of victims in a very short period of time” and warned that the actual number of dead could be higher.
“We are unable to provide adequate medical treatment because we lack equipment, medications and staff,” Haaretz said.
In a statement, GHF – established as a substitute for the traditional assistance system that led UN – stated that there were no incidents near their locations. They said that the reported shootings happened far from their centers and hours before they opened. “We’ve been warning people repeatedly not to come to our locations during the night and early in the morning,” they said.
The Israeli army stated that it fired “warning hits” near Rafah after a group of suspicious people approached the soldiers and ignored warnings to be away. They said they were investigating victim reports, but emphasized that the incident happened during the night while the center was closed.
Mahmoud Mokeimar told reporters Associated Press that he walked with a mass of people – mostly young men – according to the help center. The military fired warning shots as people approached and then opened fire on mass.
“It was a massacre,” he said. “The occupying forces fired us randomly.” He said he managed to escape, but he saw at least three lifeless bodies on the ground and many wounded that flee.
Akram Aker stated that the soldiers shot the machine guns mounted on tanks and drones. He said the shooting happened between 5 and 6 am.
“They surrounded us and began to shoot directly at us,” he said for AP. He saw many dead and wounded on Earth.
Injured Palestinian children are waiting for treatment in Nasser Hospital after being under the fire of Israeli forces in South Gaza.
Sana’a Al-Jabers, a 55-year-old woman, she said she saw many dead and wounded as she fleeing from that area.
“We shouted, ‘Food, food’, but they didn’t tell us anything. They just opened fire,” she said.
Another four witnesses accused Israeli troops for shooting, according to the AFP agency.
“They started shooting on us and we lay down on the ground. They came tanks and jeeps, soldiers went out and started shooting,” Abu Akar Tamer said, 24 years old.
More than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza live in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and the entire population is hunger, according to food safety experts, while the distribution on GHF points describes as “deadly chaos”.
Last Wednesday, 19 people were killed in the crowd and stampede near one GHF center, and one person is stabbed with a knife. GHF blamed Hamas for the incident, calling him “by calculated provocation, partly wider Hams and his ally to sabotify our life rescue operations.”
Dr. Mohamed Saker, Head of the Nasser Hospital Department, said that most killed on Saturday were affected in the head and chest, and that some are placed in an already overloaded intensive care unit.
“The situation is heavy and tragic,” he said, adding that hospitals need medical stocks for the treatment of everyday influx of wounded.
Israeli and Hamas’ negotiators with talks on temporary truce in Gaza, within which 10 survivors of hostages and bodies would be returned to Israel in exchange in exchange for the release of a certain number of Palestinians.
On Friday, the former President Donald Trump stated that 10 hostages “soon” would be released from Gaza, but did not give additional details.
Speaking before legislators in the White House, Trump announces that the ceasefire is to be led by the U.S. close to achieving – said: “We will soon come.
(Vijesti.ba)
