The IDF denies reports claiming it opened fire from a helicopter during today’s chaos at an aid distribution site in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, when thousands of Palestinians overran the site.
In a statement, the IDF says it did not carry out “any aerial fire toward the humanitarian aid distribution center.”
A military source says an Israeli Air Force helicopter was operating over the sea at the time of the incident, but not anywhere close to the distribution site.
The IDF does, however, confirm that troops fired warning shots outside the compound.
“Control over the situation was established, food distribution operations are expected to continue as planned, and the safety of IDF troops was not compromised,” the military adds.
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