Jakarta –
Britain is calling for an urgent investigation and accountability into the deaths of more than 100 people fighting for aid in Gaza, Palestine. 112 residents died and 760 others were injured because they were shot by Israel while fighting for aid.
“The deaths of people in Gaza waiting for aid convoys yesterday were truly horrific,” said Foreign Minister David Cameron, as reported by AFP, Saturday (2/3/2024).
“There must be an urgent investigation and accountability. This must not happen again,” he said.
He said the incident was due to a “lack of aid supplies”, and called the current situation “unacceptable”.
“Israel has an obligation to ensure more humanitarian aid reaches the people of Gaza,” he added, calling for more crossings and removing bureaucratic obstacles.
This tragedy only underlines the importance of securing an immediate humanitarian break, Cameron said.
Previously, Israel’s atrocities against residents in Gaza, Palestine, continued. Most recently, the Israeli military attacked a crowd of Gaza residents who were fighting for humanitarian aid, causing hundreds of people to die.
Reported by AFP, Friday (1/3), this terrible incident occurred when residents were fighting over aid brought by trucks carrying humanitarian aid on Thursday (29/2). Initially, the Director of the Emergency Unit at Al-Shifa Gaza Hospital, Amjad Aliwa, said that 50 people had died and 120 people had been injured.
An eyewitness said the incident occurred at the Nabulsi roundabout in the western part of Gaza City. At that time, according to witnesses, there were thousands of people rushing towards the trucks carrying humanitarian aid.
“The truck full of relief goods came too close to several army tanks that were in the area and thousands of people rushed at the truck,” said an eyewitness who declined to be named for security reasons.
“Soldiers opened fire on the crowd when people got too close to the tanks,” he added.
The number of victims killed in this incident continues to increase. Reported by Al Jazeera, the Gaza Ministry of Health said 112 people died as a result of attacks by Israeli troops on Gaza residents who were waiting for humanitarian assistance. Apart from that, 760 people were injured as a result of the heinous attack.
(aik/aik)
2024-03-01 22:26:44
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