War on Gaza: Blood mixed with flour as Israeli kills Palestinians receiving food
Posted by M. C. on November 16, 2024
Air strikes hit civilians seeking aid in so-called ‘humanitarian zone’
Israeli forces have killed more than 43,700 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023, including over 17,000 children and nearly 12,000 women, according to the health ministry and local officials. Thousands more are missing and presumed dead under the rubble.
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Lubna Masarwa in Jerusalem and Nader Durgham
Published date: 14 November 2024 06:39 GMT | Last update:1 day 3 hours ago
Editor’s note: This articles contains a photo that may be disturbing to some readers
Israeli forces killed several Palestinians seeking food supplies in the Gaza Strip’s so-called “humanitarian zone” earlier this week, rescuers and relatives of victims told Middle East Eye.
The deadly air strike had struck a tuk-tuk vehicle near an aid distribution point in the Miraj area north of Rafah.
Disturbing images from the scene show victims’ blood mixed with flour on the floor.
Ziad Farhat, the director of rescue teams in Rafah, told MEE the area where the people were hit is within Israel’s so-called “humanitarian zone”, which is supposed to be safe for displaced people.
“From what we are seeing as rescue teams, there is no such thing as a humanitarian area,” Farhat said.
Mohammad Abu Armana, a journalist volunteering with Gaza’s civil defence, said the road where the strike took place was regularly used by civilians travelling between Khan Younis and Rafah.
While the civil defence repeatedly warned people against heading to Rafah where it is too dangerous, some still go to check on their homes, Abu Armana said.
Israeli forces killed at least 400 aid seekers in Gaza earlier this year in various air strikes and also bombed aid distribution centres.
They have also repeatedly forced people to flee to certain zones with the promise of safety, before bombing them and killing them in their makeshift tents.
‘What humanitarian area?’
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