More than one hundred Palestinians died
this Thursday in the Gaza Strip in the middle of an operation to
deliver humanitarian aid
.
Hamas accuses Israel of
attacking civilians
who were desperate for food, while the IDF claims that the victims were "pushed, trampled and run over by trucks."
So far, and according to the spokesman for the Hamas Ministry of Health, Ashraf Al Qudra,
104 people have died and 760 have been injured
.
The tragic operation led by a dozen trucks loaded with humanitarian aid was
captured by a drone
, showing thousands of Palestinians rushing in search of food.
That sequence, which went viral on social media shortly after its release, shows thousands of people running from one side to the other, advancing towards the trucks.
Minutes later, also on social networks, photos of dead Palestinians and crossed versions of how they died were repeated.
Hamas denounces that
the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked Palestinians
.
Sources in that country confirmed that their soldiers felt "threatened" and shot at the Palestinians but denied responsibility.
According to a doctor at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, soldiers
shot at "thousands of citizens"
who were rushing towards aid trucks.
"The death toll from the massacre on Al Rashid Street is now 104 dead and 760 wounded," Hamas Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra said in a statement.
Several witnesses told the AFP news agency of seeing thousands of people rushing towards humanitarian aid trucks arriving at a roundabout in the west of Gaza City.
For its part, and in a brief statement, the IDF noted that "this morning, humanitarian aid trucks entered northern Gaza, residents surrounded the trucks and looted the supplies being delivered."
"As a result of pushing, trampling and being run over by trucks, dozens of Gazans were killed and injured," they noted.
News in development.