CAIRO: Not less than 67 folks have been killed by Israeli fireplace whereas they waited for UN help vehicles in northern Gaza on Sunday (Jul 20), the territory’s well being ministry mentioned, as Israel issued new evacuation orders for areas filled with displaced Gazans.
The ministry mentioned dozens of individuals have been additionally wounded within the incident in northern Gaza. It was one of many highest reported dying tolls amongst repeated current instances wherein help seekers have been killed, together with 36 on Saturday. One other six folks have been killed close to one other help web site within the south, it mentioned.
Israel’s navy mentioned its troops had fired warning photographs in the direction of a crowd of 1000’s of individuals in northern Gaza on Sunday to take away what it mentioned was “a direct menace”.
It mentioned preliminary findings urged reported casualty figures have been inflated, and it “definitely doesn’t deliberately goal humanitarian help vehicles”.
It didn’t instantly touch upon the incident within the south.
The UN World Meals Programme (WFP) mentioned that shortly after getting into Gaza, a WFP convoy of 25 vehicles carrying meals help encountered “huge crowds of hungry civilians” who then got here beneath gunfire.
“WFP reiterates that any violence involving civilians in search of humanitarian help is totally unacceptable,” it mentioned in a press release.
A Hamas official informed Reuters that the militant group was angered over the mounting deaths and the starvation disaster within the enclave, and that this might badly have an effect on ceasefire talks underway in Qatar.
In whole, well being authorities mentioned 90 folks had been killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes throughout the enclave on Sunday.
