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Israel propaganda machine at work trying to control the narrative, changing tone, adding disinformation, claiming not to know what happened.

Gaza aid-distribution deaths a ‘tragedy’: Israeli official

An Israeli government spokesperson has described Palestinian casualties during aid distribution near Gaza City as a “tragedy” and said initial indications were that deaths were caused by delivery drivers ploughing into a crowd.

“At some point the trucks were overwhelmed and the people driving the trucks, which were Gazan civilian drivers, ploughed into the crowds of people, ultimately killing, my understanding is, tens of people,” spokesperson Avi Hyman told reporters.

“It’s obviously a tragedy but we’re not sure of the specifics quite yet.”

Separately, the Times of Israel reported that an initial IDF probe suggested Israeli gunfire caused only some 10 casualties out of the hundreds of people allegedly hurt and killed.

It's state terrorism, and now trying to blame it on the aid trucks? Unbelievable.

‘Unfortunately, our blood is very cheap’

Yusri al-Ghoul, a displaced Palestinian novelist, lecturer and doctor, was in the area during the attack by Israeli forces on Palestinians trying to get aid in Gaza.

“Every day we go to that place which is close to the Israeli tanks because we are starving; we don’t find food, even the food of animals for about two months, and our children are starving,” he told Al Jazeera.

“What happened today morning … I went to that area like thousands of Palestinians to get the aid but unfortunately we come back with martyrs, with innocents who were killed by the Israeli tanks and snipers,” al-Ghoul said. “They sniped in front of me tens of Palestinians … they targeted their heads, elbows and knees,” he added.

“Unfortunately, our blood is very cheap.”

Al-Shifa Hospital overwhelmed by number of patients

I’m inside al-Shifa Hospital and the entrance and corridors are packed with victims from the attack earlier on the crowd waiting for aid deliveries. The medical staff stand helpless amid the influx of victims. More are still being brought in even if the hospital is overwhelmed.

Eyewitnesses say that as soon as the trucks arrived, the Israeli tanks advanced and started shelling on the crowd. Israeli soldiers also opened fire. People say children have been starving and that much of the aid is now soaked in blood.


 

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 29 February 2024