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IDF denies Hamas claim that troops targeted Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza City
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF denies claims made by Hamas that Israeli forces targeted Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza City earlier today, leading to 19 deaths.
“The reports claiming that the IDF attacked dozens of Gazans at the aid convoy are incorrect,” the military says in response to a query by The Times of Israel.
Hamas health authorities claimed 19 Palestinians were killed by IDF “tank fire” while waiting for aid at Kuwait Square in Gaza City.
The terror group has made previous allegations of Israeli attacks on people waiting for aid at the same location, which have been denied by the IDF.
“This morning at 11:00, the IDF allowed and coordinated the passage of an aid convoy to provide food to the residents of the northern Gaza Strip,” the IDF says.
The IDF says that “when the aid convoy was going to the designated distribution point, the convoy was stopped north of the [army position] and looted by hundreds of Gazans.”
“After an examination, it appears that no airstrikes were carried out on the convoy and there are no known incidents in which IDF soldiers fired at the people in the [area of the] convoy,” the IDF says, while adding that it is continuing to probe the incident.
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