Israeli military investigates ‘reports of harm to civilians’ after hundreds killed near Gaza aid sites
The Israeli Army said that as civilians have been “damaged” as they approached the aid distribution centers in Gaza, ruled by the US and Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, they examined their “damaged” reports.
Since GHF operations started in late May, after a three -month blockade in Gaza, he killed people looking for help in these regions of the Ministry of Health, operated by medical officials, eyewitnesses and Hamas.
The UN says that more than 400 Palestinians have been killed when looking for help.
On Monday, the Israeli army said that after the “learned lessons”, the forces were given instructions, but he did not specify what these lessons were.
IDF said he fired that he defined it as “warning shootings” on “suspects” approaching his troops many times.
Many Israeli media organizations, including the Israeli Times, said that on Monday, IDF accepted that some Palestinians were killed while looking for help, but IDF’s injured figures were wrong.
The Israeli media said that in some cases the army admitted that Israeli forces have caused fire losses and some deaths.
The BBC put these points in IDF, saying that “reports of loss incidents” “examined” and “a claim to a deviation from the law or IDF directives, and that more operations will be done if necessary”.
He said he had no more comments about the allegations made in the Israeli media on Monday.
However, on Friday, the Israeli newspaper rejected the allegations of intentional fire to civilians, such as those who emerged in a report.
This report quoted unnamed IDF soldiers who said that they were ordered to shoot, remove or distribute them, close to unarmed civilians close to aid distribution areas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly described the allegations as “malicious lies” and strongly rejected the report.
The GHF assistance system was condemned by UN agencies, and on Friday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called it “naturally insecure”. It aims to skip the UN as a main aid supplier to Palestinians. Israel and the United States, the system refused by the group Hamas will prevent the stolen of help, he said.
In the days after the GHF operations since the end of May, dozens of Palestinians were killed in separate events on 1 and 3 June and led to international condemnation.
GHF boss Johnnie Moore on Friday Told to BBC He did not reject the death reports near the aid areas, but “100% of these losses are attributed to the proximity to GHF,” he said, and this is “not true”.
Israel does not allow international news organizations, including BBC, to send journalists to Gaza.
IDF said in a statement on Monday that it has rearranged access to sites and that it would contain new “fencing” and signage, including direction and warning signs. This aims to “improve the operational response in the region, minimize friction with the population and reach the intended receivers”.
He also said that he decided to close a aid in the Tel Al-Sultan region near Rafa in Southern Gaza to establish a new one nearby.
Last week, the US State Department announced a $ 30 million (£ 22 million) fund for GHF, the first known direct contribution to the group.
Israel partially alleviated the three -month Gaza blockade after the pressure of US allies and the warnings of half a million people faced with hunger.
The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage.
According to the Ministry of Health, more than 56,500 people have been killed in Gaza since then.
