What we know about the shootings near Gaza aid distribution sites

Competing narratives person emerged pursuing a bid of deadly incidents which reportedly took spot successful nan vicinity of nan US-Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF) nutrient assistance distribution sites successful south-west Gaza.

According to accounts from section Hamas-run authorities, arsenic good arsenic eyewitnesses and aesculapian professionals, troops from nan Israel Defence Forces (IDF) changeable astatine and killed a number of Palestinians who were seeking to entree nan GHF sites successful caller days.

While shootings were reported adjacent each 3 GHF hubs successful confederate Gaza, nan heaviest occurred connected Sunday and Tuesday astatine nan Flag Roundabout, which is situated connected a designated entree way to a hub successful nan Tel al-Sultan territory of Rafah.

The UN has called for an independent investigation into nan incidents, reminding Israel that it is required to facilitate humanitarian assistance nether world law.

EuroVerify takes a look astatine nan facts successful bid to build up a timeline of what we know.

31 reported casualties connected Sunday

On Sunday, 31 Palestinians were reportedly killed by IDF shots arsenic they attempted to entree GHF distribution sites, said section Hamas-run authorities.

To scope nan GHF's sites successful Rafah, Palestinians must locomotion for kilometres on a designated route, which nan GHF says nan Israeli subject keeps secure.

In statements to nan public, nan GHF has warned that group should enactment connected nan road, stating that leaving it "represents a awesome danger."

Before dawn connected Sunday, thousands of Palestinians massed astatine nan Flag Roundabout, astir 1 kilometre northwest of GHF's site.

By 3am, thousands had gathered and according to Palestinian witnesses, it is astir this clip that Israeli troops started firing astatine nan crowd pinch guns, tanks and drones.

NGO Médecins sans Frontières has stated that patients — who said they had been changeable by Israeli forces adjacent GHF distribution sites — began to watercourse into Khan Younis' Nasser infirmary connected Sunday morning.

Another world organisation, nan International Committee of nan Red Cross (ICRC), declared that connected Sunday, 179 adults and children base shrapnel and gunshot wounds arrived astatine nan organisation's section infirmary successful Rafah. According to nan ICRC, its aesculapian teams declared 21 individuals dormant upon arrival.

Israel has denied allegations its forces opened occurrence connected locals queuing for assistance successful Rafah.

On Sunday nan IDF branded specified reports "false" successful a station shared connected X, stating that an first enquiry recovered that its forces "did not occurrence astatine civilians while they were adjacent aliases wrong nan humanitarian assistance distribution site."

The GHF told EuroVerify that nary incidents occurred astatine aliases successful nan surrounding vicinity of their distribution tract connected Sunday, adding that location were "no injuries, nary fatalities."

27 reported dormant connected Tuesday

On Tuesday, Gaza's wellness ministry said Israeli forces had changeable and killed astatine slightest 27 group adjacent nan GHF distribution centre. 

Civilians were fired astatine by tanks, drones and helicopters adjacent nan Flag Roundabout adjacent to nan distribution hub.

Israel denies that specified an incident happened and claims that it only fired informing shots astatine group it suspected were deviating from designated entree routes to nan GHF centre.

"The troops carried retired informing occurrence and aft nan suspects grounded to retreat, further shots were directed adjacent individual suspects who precocious toward nan troops," nan IDF said successful a station connected X.

It added that it was alert of reported casualties and that it was investigating nan incident.

"IDF troops are not preventing nan presence of Gazan civilians to nan humanitarian assistance distribution sites," nan IDF said. "The informing shots were fired astir half a kilometre distant from nan humanitarian assistance distribution tract toward respective suspects who precocious toward nan troops successful specified a measurement that posed a threat to them."

The GHF itself said that nan distribution of nutrient was carried retired without immoderate issues wrong its perimeter and that it was alert of nan Israeli investigation into nan reported injured civilians.

A region connected distribution

On Wednesday, nan GHF said it had paused assistance distribution and discussing measures to amended civilian information pinch nan Israeli military, including changes to postulation guidance and unit training.

The assemblage began distributing assistance connected 26 May, aft a three-month Israeli blockade connected assistance entering Gaza pushed nan organization of much than 2 cardinal to nan brink of famine.

The GHF strategy limits nutrient distribution to hubs guarded by equipped contractors. Of nan 3 hubs that are open, 1 is successful cardinal Gaza and 2 are successful nan acold southbound connected nan outskirts of nan mostly uninhabited confederate metropolis of Rafah.

Israel's prohibition connected world media entree to Gaza — which intends that journalists must partake successful an organised service property circuit to participate nan territory — has fuelled online speculation and renders independent connected nan crushed verification a awesome challenge.