Israeli soldiers, feeling “threatened”, fired live ammunition at Palestinians during this distribution of humanitarian aid which turned into chaos in the north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources said.
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A very heavy toll. The Hamas Ministry of Health reported Thursday, February 29, at least 104 dead and 760 injured, after Israeli fire towards Palestinians who were rushing towards humanitarian aid trucks, in the north of this territory threatened with famine. Israeli soldiers feeling “threat” fired live ammunition at Palestinians, Israeli sources told AFP. The latter rejected their responsibility for the heaviness of this assessment. The Israeli army cites deaths linked to people being trampled by the crowd.
Witnesses told AFP of scenes during which thousands of people rushed towards aid trucks arriving in “Nablus roundabout”, in the west of Gaza City, the main city in the north of the territory. The Hamas Ministry of Health had earlier announced that “more than 30,000” People have been killed in Israeli military operations in Gaza since the war began on October 7.
The UN estimates that 2.2 million people, the vast majority of Gaza’s population, are threatened with famine, particularly in the north, where destruction, fighting and looting make the delivery of food almost impossible. humanitarian aid. According to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), just over 2,300 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip in February (a drop of around 50% compared to January). , with a daily average of around 82 trucks per day. According to the UN, around 500 trucks entered the Gaza Strip on average daily before the war began on October 7, when the needs of the population were lower.
