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‘Horrific massacre’: Deadly Israeli fire at Palestinians waiting for aid (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Linkerbaan to c/[email protected]

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Gaza’s government media office accused the Israeli army of “committing a horrific massacre”. More than 70 people were killed and about 250 others wounded, it said in a statement on Thursday.

The citizens had congregated at al-Rashid Street, where aid trucks carrying flour were believed to be on the way. Al Jazeera verified footage showing the bodies of dozens of killed and wounded Palestinians being carried onto trucks as no ambulances could reach the area.

“I have been waiting since yesterday. At about 4.30 this morning, trucks started to come through. Once we approached the aid trucks, the Israeli tanks and warplanes started firing at us, as if it was a trap.

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[–] guriinii 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Surprisingly, I'm not actually privy to dates of the arms sales of western governments. I do know that the US have rushed through arms sales, Germany has increased sales ten fold since October, and the UK recently issued more licenses to Elbit Systems (and Israeli arms company that operates in the UK). I know a number of different arms factories operate in the UK and Canada as there are often actions to stop them working.

The lack of aid since the 23rd of Jan I was talking about was food primarily for the Gazans in the north.