Israel opened fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing more than 100

Health authorities in Gaza have reported that Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd waiting for aid, resulting in at least 104 fatalities and leaving 280 others injured. However, an Israeli

An Israeli source told Reuters that Israeli soldiers had fired at “a few people” in the crowd who were deemed threatening to the military. In response to this, the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned what he called the “terrible massacre” by Israeli occupying forces against people waiting for aid trucks at the Nabulsi roundabout.

Meanwhile, Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesperson for the Gaza health agency, said the incident occurred at the Nabulsi roundabout, west of Gaza City, in northern Gaza. He reported that medical teams were overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties, with dozens of injured people taken to al-Shifa Hospital.

An Israeli government spokesperson described the Palestinian casualties in the incident in Gaza City as a tragedy, adding that initial indications suggested that the fatalities were caused by a truck driving into the crowd. “At some point, the aid truck was overloaded, and the drivers - who are Gaza residents - drove into the crowd, subsequently causing fatalities, which I believe to be in the dozens. This is certainly a tragedy, but we are not yet certain about the specific details,” the spokesperson said.

Israel has launched an attack on Gaza, which is controlled by the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas. This action was in retaliation for a Hamas attack on Israeli territory that killed more than 1,200 people on October 7, 2023. Israel also declared its intention to eliminate Hamas to prevent a similar incident from recurring. The Gaza campaign has resulted in

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