The Israeli military said today that its review into a deadly incident around a Gaza aid convoy last week found that its troops had “fired precisely” when Gazans posing a “threat” approached them.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said more than 100 people were killed when a crowd of thousands of Palestinians approached aid trucks hoping to get food and were fired on by Israeli troops.
The IDF said that its review “found that IDF troops did not fire at the humanitarian convoy, but did fire at a number of suspects who approached the nearby forces and posed a threat to them.”
“The command review reveals that while the trucks were traveling toward the distribution centers, a crowd of about 12,000 Gazans gathered around them and looted the equipment they were transporting,” it said in a statement this morning.
“During the course of the looting, incidents of significant harm to civilians occurred from the stampede and people being run over by the trucks. In addition, during the incidents of crowding, dozens of Gazans advanced towards nearby IDF troops, up to several meters from them, and thereby posed a real threat to the forces at that point. At this stage, the forces fired cautionary fire in order to distance the suspects. As the suspects continued to advance toward them, the troops fired precisely toward a number of the suspects to remove the threat.”
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