US EditionIsraeli Soldiers Ordered to Shoot at Unarmed Aid Seekers in Gaza
- A report published this week in a left-leaning Israeli newspaper alleged IDF soldiers were ordered to shoot unarmed Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza.
- This claim followed at least 19 shooting incidents since May 27 and testimonies from soldiers describing daily open fire on civilians posing no threat.
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed food at four southern Gaza sites for about a month amid heavy Israeli fire and aid stoppages in northern Gaza.
- A soldier referred to the location as a "killing field," reporting that daily casualties ranged from one to five individuals, while UN Secretary-General Guterres emphasized that seeking food should not come with the risk of losing one’s life.
- Israel confirmed investigations into incidents but denied orders to deliberately shoot civilians, while Gaza and aid groups called for transparent inquiry amid rising deaths around aid sites.
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Israel’s leaders slam a news report on a Gaza ‘killing field’ near food sites
A newspaper report published in Hebrew and English quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders have ordered them to shoot at unarmed hungry crowds of people in Gaza trying to reach food distribution sites prompted a scathing response by Israel’s prime minister on Friday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a joint statement calling the Haaretz report “blood libel.”“These are malicious falsehoods design…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday denied a report in the Ha’aretz newspaper that Israeli army commanders had ordered soldiers to shoot at crowds of Palestinians near aid centers in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu called the newspaper’s article “lies and accusations,” AFP reported. The Israeli army said it had not ordered its troops to deliberately shoot at civilians. More than 500 Palestinians waiting for aid to be distributed have b…
Israeli soldiers say they were ordered to open fire on Gazans seeking help, even when there was no obvious threat, writes Haaretz. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in connection with the emergency aid distributions. The Israeli military will now investigate whether this constitutes a war crime. – I can see nothing other than that it should lead to an indictment, says international law expert Pål Wrange.
Almost daily, people are killed in the controversial distribution of food in the Gaza Strip. A media report now reports Israel's military's malicious intentions – the soldiers were ordered to shoot. The Prime Minister denied that the army started an investigation.
Jan Yunis., The Israeli army received direct orders to shoot desperate Palestinians waiting for help at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GFH) distribution centers, which supports Israel and the United States, revealed yesterday the Haaretz daily after quoting military sources from Tel Aviv, while U.S. President Donald Trump assured that it is possible to get a ceasefire in the enclave next week.
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