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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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Thu Feb 29, 2024, 07:54 AM Feb 29

Same event - contrast how it's reported from by Israel and by Arab world [View all]

From Jpost: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-789604

Dozens of Gazans wounded after ambushing aid truck
Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza were injured following an ambush and looting of humanitarian aid trucks, with the IDF responding to the situation, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

Gazans were reportedly trampled and crushed after they looted humanitarian aid trucks entering the northern Gaza Strip. The IDF ensured the trucks were allowed to proceed into Gaza, as local residents surrounded the trucks. During the incident, dozens of Gazans were injured as a result of pushing and trampling, as well as by IDF fire.

The incident is under review, according to the IDF.

From Aljazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/29/dozens-killed-injured-by-israeli-fire-in-gaza-while-collecting-food-aid

‘Massacre’: Dozens killed by Israeli fire in Gaza while collecting food aid

Over 81 killed and about 700 wounded after Israeli forces fired at Palestinians trying to get flour for families as famine stalks the Strip.

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and more than 700 others wounded after Israeli troops opened fire on hundreds waiting for food aid southwest of Gaza City, as the besieged enclave faces an unprecedented hunger crisis.

Gaza ministry of health said on Thursday that the death toll has risen to 81 and more than 700 others wounded, with the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemning what it said was a cold-blooded “massacre”.

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People had congregated at al-Rashid Street, where aid trucks carrying flour were believed to be on the way. Al Jazeera verified footage showing the bodies of dozens of killed and wounded Palestinians being carried onto trucks as no ambulances could reach the area.

“We went to get flour. The Israeli army shot at us. There are many martyrs on the ground and until this moment we are withdrawing them. There is no first aid,” said one witness.

Reporting from the scene, Al Jazeera’s Ismail al-Ghoul said that after opening fire, Israeli tanks advanced and ran over many of the dead and injured bodies. “It is a massacre, on top of the starvation threatening citizens in Gaza,” he said.
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