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Israel uses helicopter to attack Kuwait Roundabout aid seekers

Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that an Israeli helicopter opened fire on Palestinians awaiting aid at the Kuwait Roundabout in an attack that the Gaza Health Ministry says has killed at least 11 and injured at least 100.

This report is backed up by “preliminary testimony” gathered by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, a nonprofit group.

At least 11 dead, 100 injured in Israeli attack on aid seekers: Health Ministry

The Gaza Health Ministry has given an update on the Israeli army’s shooting of Palestinians awaiting aid at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. It said there were “dozens” of casualties, with at least 11 dead bodies and 100 injuries arriving at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City so far.

“The process of retrieving the martyrs and evacuating the wounded is still continuing despite the difficult field situation at the Kuwait Roundabout,” the ministry says, adding that it expects the death toll to rise due to the seriousness of the injuries that have managed to reach al-Shifa Hospital.

20 dead bodies from Israeli attack on Kuwait Roundabout at al-Shifa Hospital: Ministry

The Gaza Ministry of Health has provided another update on Israel’s shooting of aid seekers in Gaza City. It said 20 dead Palestinians and 155 injuries have reached al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

“The wounded lie on the floor in al-Shifa Medical Complex,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that medical teams are unable to deal with the volume and nature of the injuries due to weakened medical capabilities.



Scenes from inside al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza the moment the wounded and martyrs arrived as a result of [Israel’s attack on] civilians while they were waiting for aid near the Kuwait Roundabout.


Israelis ‘purposely bomb by night for psychological effect’: Doctor

American doctor, Mohammad Ali Makhdoom, who recently returned home to Dearborn, Michigan, says he felt it was his duty to go to Gaza and work at the European Hospital as an emergency room physician.

“I knew what I was getting into, but I had to see what was going on,” he told Al Jazeera. “There were 25,000 people living in the hospital itself – in the hallways, some in tents, some in sheets. They purposely bomb by night for the psychological effect on people over there.”

Makhdoom said many children and women wounded during bombardment were among his patients. “A lot of children hit by shrapnel and those trapped under the rubble for God knows how many days. It’s a very sad situation for the Palestinians.”


Relatives mourn over bodies at the European Hospital morgue in southern Khan Younis