![]() Israel has repeatedly tried to discredit the Gaza health ministry which collates the numbers as being "Hamas-run", but in truth the people who count and register the dead tend to be medical professionals or administrators. It is only an estimate, and impossible for us to accurately corroborate as a figure, but historically the running toll during past Israel-Hamas wars has proven to be fairly accurate once the guns have fallen silent and the dead could be formally counted. That figure doesn't include the huge number injured. Thirty thousand dead, in less than five months of fighting. "During the incident, dozens of Gazans were injured as a result of pushing and trampling.īy Alistair Bunkall, Middle East correspondent He said there were not enough ambulances to collect all the dead and wounded and that some were being brought to hospitals in donkey carts.Īn IDF statement read: "Early this morning, during the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the northern Gaza Strip, Gazan residents surrounded the trucks, and looted the supplies being delivered. Medics arriving at the scene found "dozens or hundreds" lying on the ground, according to Fares Afana, the head of the ambulance service at Kamal Adwan Hospital. He was shot in the leg and fell over, and then a truck ran over his leg as it sped off, he said. ![]() He said Israeli troops opened fire on the crowd, causing it to scatter, with some people hiding under cars.Īfter the shooting stopped, they went back to the trucks, and the soldiers opened fire again. More details are emerging around claims Israeli troops opened fire at a crowd surrounding aid trucks.Ī man being treated for a gunshot wound at Shifa Hospital told the Associated Press he was among the crowd at the distribution point. ![]()
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