APPThe UN Secretary General has called for an independent investigation into the assassination of Palestinians near Gaza’s assistance distribution center on Sunday amid controversial reports that Israeli troops have been shot.
The US and Israel -backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) reported that witnesses were firing while waiting for food from the center of Rafa.
The Red Cross has received 179 casualties for his hospital, killing 21. The civilian defense agency run by Hamas delivered the death toll to 31.
On Sunday, the Israeli military refused to shoot at its army near or near the site and said reports of this impact were false.
The GHF said that reports are “complete fabrications” and have not yet been seen in its facility or evidence of nearby attacks.
Gaza does not allow international news agencies, including the Israeli BBC, to check what is happening in the area.
The UN Secretary General Gutheres said in a statement on Monday: “I am shocked by reports that Palestinians have died and injured when they sought assistance in Gaza yesterday.
“I will call for an immediate and independent investigation into these events and make the criminal responsible.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry responded by branding his comments as “shame” in the post in X and criticized him for not mentioning Hamas.
31 people were killed and 176 injured early on Sunday morning, “he said.
According to the Red Cross’s International Committee (ICRC), the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafa has received a “collective accident” of 179 cases, including women and children at the time.
The majority of the people were shot or suffered from Shrapnal injuries, and were declared dead after the arrival of the 21st, saying, “All patients are trying to reach the help distribution site.”
Medesins Sansf) said that his teams were treated with serious injuries at Khan Younis’s Nasser Hospital, some of whom were in serious condition.
Patients reported that “Israeli drones, helicopters, boats, tanks and soldiers were being fired from all sides, and a crew’s brother was” killed while trying to collect assistance from the distribution center “.
A journalist in Rafa told BBC that a group of Palestinians had settled near the Al-Alam circle of Rafa, near the site of the GHF when the Israeli tanks were approached.
A video posted online on Sunday morning has shown to take a cover in the open area of the sand terrain of Palestinia, but feels like an automated firing. However, the BBC was unable to check the location as there were not enough features.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday afternoon that the initial hearing suggests that “citizens did not shoot at or inside or inside the humanitarian distribution site.
Spokesperson Brigg Jan Efi Defrin Hamas alleged that “rumors are spread” and “the people of Gaza are trying to stop the distribution centers from reaching the distribution centers.”
The IDF drone released a video, which showed that armed persons were firing while going to collect help, although the BBC was unable to check where or when.
After Sunday, an Israeli military official was about 1 km from the GHF site, about 1 km from the GHF site, as reported to reporters to reporters.
Before insisting that “warning shots were flown,” the official said, “There is no connection between the incident in question and the false allegations against the IDF.”
Reports are very great in terms of full fabrications and misinformation given to the international media community, the GHF said in a statement on Monday.
“No injuries, casualties or incidents occurred in our operation yesterday. We have yet to see any evidence of the attack on or near our facility.”
Leading news agencies have alleged that Israel’s US ambassador Mike Hookabi is “reckless and irresponsible.”
“Drone video and First Hand accounts clearly showed that there were no injuries, no casualties, no shooting, no confusion,” he said on Monday.
“The only source of these misleading, exaggerated and fully created stories is from Hamas sources, which is designed to maintain flames of antismatic hatred, which contributes to the violence on Jews in the United States.”
ReitersMeanwhile, on Monday, health officials and local media reports that three more Palestinians have been killed by an Israeli fire near the same GHF center in Tall al-Sultan area of Rafa.
The Red Cross spokesman announced that his field hospital in Rafa received 50 people who were injured, mostly with gunfire and shraplal injuries, but the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis near Khan Younis received the third body.
In the Israeli military statement, the site has led to the army about 1 km away, “Warning shots have been flown towards several suspects.”
The military said it was “knowing about reports related to casualties, and the details of the incident are being completely reviewed.”
14 people, including six children and three women, were killed in an Israeli strike in a house in Jabaliya, a northern town, a civil defense reported on Monday. It is believed that more than 20 people are missing under the ruins of the destroyed building.
There is no immediate response from the IDF, but its aircraft has hit dozens of goals in the last day, including “military structures belonging to terrorist organizations”, underground tunnels and arms stores.
Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza on March 2 and two weeks later resumed its military invasion, collapsing a two -month ceasefire with Hamas. It is said that these steps are intended to put pressure on the armed group to release 58 hostages in Gaza, which is believed to be at least 20 alive.
On May 19, the Israeli military launched an extended invasion, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Gaza’s army was “grip on all regions.” The next day, he said that Israel temporarily ease the blockade and allows a “root” diet to Gaza.
On October 7, 2023, Israel launched a military operation in Israel’s Gaza in response to Hamas’s border attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken as hostage.
Since then, at least 54,470 people have died in Gaza, the Ministry of Health, which runs the Hamas of the region, including 4,201 since Israel resumed its invasion.
