Israel's shots in Gaza: Videos and expert analyzes prove the incident
Israel's shots in Gaza: Videos and expert analyzes prove the incident
an investigation from cnn to a near a auxiliary distribution center in the south Gazas on Sunday shows that the Israeli military shot on crowds of Palestinians while they tried to go to the fenced area to maintain food.
eyewitness reports and shots
About a dozen eyewitnesses, including injuries to the attack, reported that Israeli soldiers shot in sporadic firefighters on the crowd that gathered in the early morning of Sunday. The Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF) Israel supported auxiliary initiative that operates the site confirmed that Israeli armed forces operated nearby during the same period.
video analyzes and arms experts
Several videos, which CNN, showed that the fire took place near a roundabout, where hundreds of Palestinians had gathered about 800 meters from the militarized auxiliary center in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah. The assigned route to the auxiliary center, Al-Rashed-Straße, is located in an area that is under the control of the Israeli military.
weapon experts found that the shooting rate in the recordings and pictures of projectiles that were found in victims matched with machine guns that are used by the Israeli military and can be assembled on tanks. Several eyewitnesses reported that they heard shots from nearby Israeli tanks.
reactions of the Israeli military
The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IDF) initially explained that the forces did not shot on civilians, "as long as they were near or within the aid center". A military source later admitted that the troops had given "warning shots" about 1 kilometer away. The IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a press conference that the military played no role in the mass extinction and the reports abate as a misinformation.
The tragedy of Sunday
the mass shootout, which, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, cost at least 31 Palestinians and injured many others, has been the deadliest incident in auxiliary distributions in the past few months. This incident occurred from the United Nations' warnings that the new auxiliary distribution system for a "deathfall" for desperate people looking for food.
hundreds of Desorted Palestinians had gathered in the sand area before the goals on Sunday opened, and experienced chaotic scenes when the fire pattered on the crowd.
experiences of survivors
Mohammed Saqer, 43, said CNN in an interview that he narrowly escaped death and observed how people were shot around him around him while crouching on the ground, hoping to survive long enough to get to the GHF and to get food for his family. After the US-supported private foundation opened the site at 5:00 a.m., Witnesses reported that shooting the Israeli military ended up nearby.
follow and questions about security
The videos that the blood victims captured on the sand contributed to the urgent question of whether the militarized auxiliary initiative, which was supported by the USA and approved by Israel, can deliver food safely. Witnesses reported increasing violence escalation in the following days. However, the chaos of that night remains the survivors as a traumatic memory.
"We survived a night that was worse when we could imagine," said Saqer. "Reality for people was one of death and hunger looking for food."