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The deaths of numerous people in Gaza in chaotic scenes have caused international outrage and sharp criticism.
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Gaza/Tel-Aviv - While the exact circumstances of the deadly disaster when an aid convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip remain unclear, Israel is facing massive accusations.
On Friday night, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his outrage on the X platform (formerly Twitter) about the images “that reach us from Gaza, where civilians were targeted by Israeli soldiers.”
“I am horrified by the news of another bloodbath among civilians in Gaza who desperately need humanitarian assistance,” EU foreign policy chief Borrell wrote on X. “These deaths are absolutely unacceptable.”
Palestinian UN Ambassador Riad Mansour accused Israel of deliberately killing Palestinians.
However, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari rejected the allegations: “There was no attack by the Israeli military on the aid convoy.” The UN Security Council was initially unable to agree on a common statement at a meeting in New York.
Conflicting information about the deaths of numerous people in the Gaza Strip
According to the health authority in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the Islamist Hamas, more than a hundred people were killed and several hundred injured in the incident.
According to Palestinian UN Ambassador Mansur, thousands of people had gathered in northern Gaza as aid arrived.
“And then suddenly the Israeli army started shooting at them, and according to the information we have, dozens of them have bullets in their heads.
It's not like shooting into the sky to hold people back when there was confusion and chaos.
It was deliberately targeted and killed,” Mansur said in New York on Thursday.
His claims could initially not be verified independently, nor could the contradictory statements from the Israeli side.
In this video grab released by the Israeli army, Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip surround aid trucks carrying the first major shipment in a month.
The army said that numerous residents had crowded around the trucks in order to loot them - causing chaos and crowding.
© dpa/Israel Defense Forces/AP
The Israeli military presented the process completely differently. In the morning, the army coordinated a truck convoy with humanitarian aid that was supposed to reach residents in the north of the sealed-off coastal strip, said army spokesman Hagari.
When they arrived, numerous people rushed onto the trucks and there was a chaotic crowd.
“Some started violently pushing and trampling others to death and looted humanitarian supplies,” the army spokesman said.
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Another spokesman for the Israeli military, Peter Lerner, told CNN
that
, according to initial findings, a group of people approached Israeli soldiers a short time later.
The military then fired warning shots into the air.
However, the group continued to approach the soldiers and posed a threat, whereupon the soldiers opened fire.
According to Israeli media reports, they were said to have targeted the legs.
A handful of people were injured in the incident, Lerner said.
The incident is being investigated.
Hagari also emphasized: “We did not shoot anyone seeking help or the humanitarian convoy, neither on the ground nor from the air.”
Gaza disaster could affect hostage deal between Israel and Hamas
The US government is in contact with the Israeli government about the incident and is demanding answers.
It is the United States' understanding that an investigation is underway, said US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Thursday (local time).
“We will follow this investigation closely and push for answers.” There is no reliable information about what happened, said Miller.
The “tragedy” could make negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of the hostages held by the Islamist Hamas more complicated.
The US State Department spokesman emphasized that what happened shows why a quick agreement on a ceasefire and the release of the hostages in the hands of the Islamist Hamas is necessary.
The USA would “work hard to reach an agreement”.
According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government is also making tireless efforts to free the hostages.
However, it is too early to know whether an agreement will be reached on the release of the abductees and a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Netanyahu said on Thursday evening.
One of his central demands is to obtain a list with the names of all hostages who would be released as part of a deal.
He has not received this yet.
A breakthrough in the negotiations and an agreement in the coming days are therefore initially uncertain, he said.
The army will continue the war against Hamas until victory.
War in Israel: Federal Government increases humanitarian aid
In view of the suffering of the people in Gaza, the federal government is increasing humanitarian aid by a further 20 million euros.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) announced this in Berlin.
However, this sum is far from enough.
The number of trucks bringing life-saving food, medicine and other aid to Gaza has fallen sharply in recent weeks.
“This is not acceptable.
The Israeli government must immediately allow safe and unhindered access for humanitarian aid,” demanded the minister.
UN Secretary-General Guterres said: “The desperate civilians in Gaza urgently need help, including those in the besieged north, where the United Nations has been unable to provide assistance for more than a week.”
(talk to agencies)