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Israeli soldiers killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded hundreds while they were looking for help from Gaza, according to Palestinian officials.
The soldiers shot the crowd on Tuesday morning as they gathered along the main road in the East in the southern city of Khan Younis. He was the last in a series of murders from the United States and the United States Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) launched operations to distribute food in the enclave three weeks ago.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that at least 51 civilians had been killed. However, the number of deaths is expected to increase because many injured are in critical condition, according to doctors at Nasser hospital, where the victims were treated.
Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmud Bassal added that more than 200 people had been injured, although reports concerning the number of victims varied.
“Israeli drones shot citizens. A few minutes later, Israeli tanks fired several shells on citizens, which led to a large number of martyrs and injured,” said the spokesman, noting that the crowd had gathered in the hope of receiving flour.
Israel did not immediately comment on the incident.
‘Shredded into pieces’
The survivors have described horrible scenes.
“Dozens of civilians, including children, have been killed, and no one could help or save lives,” SAEED Abu Liba, 38, told Al Jazeera.
Yousef Nofal, who described the “massacre” event, said that he had seen many people motionless and bleeding on the ground. The soldiers continued to shoot people as they run away, he said.
“I survived a miracle,” said Mohammed Abu Qeshfa, who mentioned both heavy shots and tanks.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent, Tareq Abu Azzoum, reported by Deir El-Balal in the center of Gaza, cited medical sources at Nasser hospital, saying that many victims were “unidentifiable” because they had been “shredded into pieces” in the attack.
The incident on Tuesday is the last in a series of murders around GHF food distribution centers.
The private organization began to distribute aid at the end of May after Israel has partially won a blockage of almost three months of food and other essential items which put 2.3 million people in Gaza at risk of famine.
The United Nations and other large humanitarian groups refused to work with the GHF, saying that he could not respond to the level of need in Gaza and that he breaks humanitarian principles by giving Israel control over access to aid.
After the previous shots, which have been an almost daily event since the opening of the aid centers, the army said that its soldiers had fired on what it called the suspects approaching their positions although he did not say if these shots hit someone.
The results of more than 50 people have done the deadliest day on GHF sites on Tuesday so far. Previously, this record was set on Monday, when 38 people were killed, mainly in the Rafah region south of Khan Younis.
Reports have indicated that more than 300 people have been killed and more than 2,000 injured while trying to collect GHF aid.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, struck Israel for the murders of the Palestinians near the aid delivery points.
“I urge immediate and impartial investigations to deadly attacks against desperate civilians to reach food distribution centers,” he said on Monday.
