Health authorities in Gaza said today that Israeli fire on people waiting for humanitarian aid near Gaza City resulted in 104 Palestinians losing their lives and 280 being injured, with one hospital saying it received 10 dead and dozens injured.
Al Jazeera Arabic aired video footage showing what happened immediately after Israeli fire fell.
There was panic at the scene, and the video shows gunfire and shouting from the people at the scene. However, Tel Aviv denies that it bombed the site.
اللحظات الأولى لإطلاق الاحتلال النار باتجاه فلسطينيين ينتظرون وصول المساعدات في شارع الرشيد غربي #غزة#حرب_غزة #الأخبار#الأخبار#حرب_غزة pic.twitter.com/4QAB4qUrUq
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) February 29, 2024
According to the Agence France-Presse, the number of injured is 760.
“The toll of the massacre on al-Rashid Street (where humanitarian aid was being distributed in Gaza City) now rises to 104 dead and 760 wounded,” Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Kudra said in a statement, revising upwards the initial hospital toll of at least 50 dead.
Hamas accuses Israel of “massacre”
⚡️Harsh scenes after the occupation committed a massacre against Palestinians on Al-Rashid Street in Gaza while they were waiting for aid.
More than 150 martyrs so far. pic.twitter.com/4tTH305r3j
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) February 29, 2024
The Hamas health ministry accuses Israel of a “massacre” in northern Gaza. Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said more than 100 people were killed while waiting for humanitarian aid to be distributed and more than 700 were injured.
The incident took place at the Nabulski roundabout on Rashid Street, according to the spokesman, who warned that dozens of wounded have been taken to the nearby al-Sifa hospital in serious or critical condition.
Doctors, he added, were unable to deal with the volume and severity of the cases.
