Israel's military reports report on shots on waiting Palestinians
Israel's military reports report on shots on waiting Palestinians
The Israeli army has rejected a new report, according to which soldiers were instructed to shoot unarmed Palestinians who were waiting for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people approached for food.
report on shots on helpful Palestinians
On Friday, the daily Haaretz published an article in which Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip were instructed by their commanders to shoot the crowds that approached the help points, although it was obvious that these people were not a threat.
statements of soldiers and reaction of the IDF
A soldier who spoke anonymously with Haaretz described the access routes to the aid sites as a “battlefield” on which Israeli forces open up the fire, even if there is no direct threat. According to the article, the Israeli forces have recently started to dispel crowds with artillery shots, which led to a drastic increase in the number of victims.
"We decide the accusation raised in the article - the IDF has not instructed the troops to deliberately shoot civilians, including those who approach the distribution centers," said the Israeli defense army (DEDF) in response to the report. "To make it clear: IDF guidelines ban intentional attacks on civilians."
claims about civil victims and official reactions
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Israel Katz also rejected the report as “malicious lies who aim to discredit the IDF - the most moral army in the world.”
insights into the incidents and military reactions
In such an incident this month, more than a dozen eyewitnesses, including injuries to the attack, cnn that Israeli troops fired on the crowds in repeated shots. Weapons specialists stated that the shot rate in the recordings and pictures of balls that were recovered by the victims agreed with machine guns that are used by the Israeli army.
several times the IDF has admitted, which it refers to as “warning shots” to shoot on Palestinians who approach military positions near auxiliary distribution points. She also explained that she examined reports on victims, but has not made any results public to this day.
examination of possible war crimes
According to Haaretz, the IDF military lawyer ordered that the Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism of the General Staff-which checks incidents with potential violations of the war laws-examined suspicious war crimes near the aid agencies.
"Every claim for a deviation from the laws or IDF guidelines is examined in detail, and necessary measures are taken," said the IDF on Friday.
cnn asked the IDF for an additional comment.
AID locations in the Gaza Strip and controversial support
The aid spots in the Gaza Strip, where deaths occurred, are operated by the controversial Israel and US-supported Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF), which distributed pre-packed food boxes in some places in the south and center of the Gaza Strip. The distribution began chaotic a month ago, with desperate Palestinians who stormed the places to receive the relief supplies before they are exhausted within a few hours.
GHF has been set up to replace the United Nations AID distribution mechanism, accuse Israel and the USA, to be looted by Hamas. Hamas rejected these claims and say humanitarian groups that most of the UN distributed food aid arrives among civilians.
criticism of the GHF and its reaction
The GHF coordinates with the Israeli army to determine specific routes for Palestinians who travel to their help points and is sharply criticized by help experts. It has admitted some violent scenes that occurred outside of their immediate help points, but repeatedly emphasized that the food distribution was followed “without incidents”.
In response to Haaretz's report, the organization said that it was “not about the described incidents”. Nevertheless, she added: "These accusations are too serious to be ignored, and we therefore ask Israel to examine them and publish the results transparently in good time."
On Thursday, the US State Department announced that it has made it available to the organization $ 30 million of having distributed 46 million meals within four weeks of meals.