Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says

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34. It's not Haaretz saying that. It's the new "IDF says...".

Why is it so hard to believe Palestinians? Scores of eyewitnesses are disregarded, while clinging desparately to the denial of one agency with shady provenance and beginnnings tied to Netanyahu's office and supported by Trump. Both wannabe ethnic cleansers and the worst of humanity.

From your article in Haaretz:

Eyewitnesses said thousands of people headed toward the distribution site hours before dawn, congregating at the Flag Roundabout, about a kilometer (1,000 yards) away, as they waited for the site to open. They said Israeli forces ordered people to disperse and come back later – before opening fire.

" They asked us to wait for 6 in the morning, and that we come through one secured corridor," said one Palestinian woman who was in the crowd. "We were thousands, if not more, coming from Gaza [City], Jabalya, Deir al-Balah, and other areas."

"Once we started going through the corridor, they opened fire from all directions," she added. "We didn't understand where the soldiers came from."

Amr Abu Teiba, who was also on the scene, backed up her account, saying, "There was fire from all directions, from naval warships, from tanks and drones."
He said he saw at least 10 bodies with gunshot wounds and several other wounded people, including women. People used carts to ferry the dead and wounded to the field hospital. "The scene was horrible," he said.

Ibrahim Abu Saoud, another eyewitness, provided a nearly identical account. He said the military fired around 300 meters (yards) away.

Abu Saoud said he saw many people with gunshot wounds, including a young man who he said had died at the scene. "We weren't able to help him," he said.

Mohammed Abu Teaima, 33, said he saw Israeli forces open fire and kill his cousin and another woman as they were heading toward the distribution site. He said his cousin was shot in his chest and died at the scene. Many others were wounded, including his brother-in-law, he said.

To deny food and aid for 10 weeks and then shoot at people desparate for the food you've denied them is unprecedented in its cruelty. In my lifetime.

The suffering in Gaza is unimaginable. No defense, no excuse.