At least 25 killed after Israeli army opens fire near aid trucks in Gaza, hospitals say

Published on 24/06/2025 - 13:17 GMT+2

The Israeli subject opened occurrence adjacent hundreds of Palestinians waiting for assistance trucks successful cardinal Gaza connected Tuesday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 25 people, according to hospitals successful nan Strip.

The Awda infirmary successful nan Nuseirat exile camp, which received immoderate of nan victims, said 146 others were wounded, among them 62 successful captious condition, who were transferred to different infirmary successful cardinal Gaza.

An eyewitness said drones were flying complete nan area earlier location was gunfire from tanks and drones. He described nan segment arsenic "chaotic and bloody" arsenic group were trying to escape.

The Israeli service has not commented connected nan incident truthful far.

Over 410 Palestinians person been killed since nan Israel- and US-backed assistance transportation network, nan Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), started operating connected 27 May, nan UN Human Rights agency said connected Tuesday.

"The weaponisation of nutrient for civilians ... constitutes a warfare crime," UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told reporters astatine a press briefing successful Geneva.

"Desperate, quiet group successful Gaza proceed to look nan inhumane prime of either starving to decease aliases consequence being killed while trying to get food."

The caput of nan UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, likewise slammed Israel's assistance distribution system successful Gaza, calling it an "abomination that humiliates and degrades hopeless people."

"It is simply a decease trap costing much lives than it saves," he told a briefing successful Berlin.

Israel has said nan system is basal to forestall Hamas from warfare profiteering and strengthening its group by stealing assistance meant for civilians successful nan Strip.

Israeli forces person been many times accused of opening occurrence astatine crowds successful hopeless request of food. The subject said it fired informing shots astatine group who it considered to person approached its forces successful a "suspicious manner".

The UN called for an urgent and impartial investigation into each of nan killings, and urged Israel to let nan introduction of nutrient and humanitarian assistance into nan strip, "in accordance pinch world rule an humanitarian principles."