According to Mahmoud Basal, who is the Gaza Civil Defence Spokesman, Israel is directly responsible for the attack. Locals stated that the attack took place while they were waiting for food aid.
According to the health ministry in Palestine, on Thursday, when Gazans were gathered for food aid, a bombardment attack took place, in which a minimum of 20 people died and 155 people got seriously injured. Hotel Al Shifa’s emergency unit doctor, Mohammad Ghrab, stated that the number of injured people may increase because the victims are still being transferred to the hospital.
A video went viral where an eyewitness stated that a huge number of people died on the spot when the incident happened and added that the bombardment sounded like a drumfire or a tank. The Health Ministry of Palestine stated this event as a consequence of the Israeli occupation forces targeting a crowd of civilians awaiting humanitarian aid to quench their thirst at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza.
Mahmoud Basal, who is the Gaza Civil Defence Spokesman, stated that the Israeli occupation forces are still practicing the policy of killing innocent citizens waiting for relief aid as a result of the famine occurring in the northern Gaza Strip, but according to the Israeli Defence Forces, humanitarian help will be entering Gaza by sea for the first time. The Israeli Defence Forces stated on their official social media platform that: Humanitarian aid entering Gaza from land, air, and sea: For the first time, humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza by sea. A ship carrying humanitarian aid from @WCKitchen and funded by the UAE set sail on Tuesday. From the Larnaca port in Cyprus towards Gaza.
According to the IDF, on Thursday, a commander in Hamas named Muhammad Abu Hasna was eliminated in the area of Rafah. The IDF posted on X saying that Hadi Ali Mustafa is a Hamas terrorist in Lebanon responsible for advancing Hamas’ international activity and terrorist attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets. The IDF will continue to operate against Hamas in every area in which it operates.
