JERUSALEM: The Israeli navy on Saturday (Mar 3) promised an exhaustive and truthful investigation into the deaths of Palestinians queuing for help in Gaza this week, an incident that has drawn condemnations and requires a global inquiry.
Gaza Well being authorities stated 118 folks had been killed in Thursday’s incident, attributing the deaths to Israeli fireplace and calling it a bloodbath.
Israel disputed these figures and stated most victims had been trampled or run over as crowds swarmed help vehicles. An Israeli official additionally stated troops had “in a restricted response” later fired on crowds they felt had posed a risk.
“We’re investigating this incident, we now have all of the documentation that we’d like with a purpose to perform an exhaustive, truthful investigation into the info of this incident and we are going to current our findings,” spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari advised reporters in Tel Aviv.
“It was a humanitarian operation we had been working and the declare that we intentionally attacked the convoy and intentionally harmed folks is totally baseless,” Hagari stated. He added that it was the fourth such operation in that space.
Though the accounts of what occurred differed sharply, the incident has underscored the collapse of orderly help deliveries in areas of Gaza occupied by Israeli forces, with no administration in place and the principle UN company UNRWA hamstrung by an inquiry into alleged hyperlinks with Hamas.
With a humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza, many international locations have urged a ceasefire, however US President Joe Biden stated Thursday’s incident will complicate talks at which a deal involving a truce and hostage launch is being sought.
