"Representatives from the MAG’s office disagreed, insisting that the Southern Command’s account doesn’t line up with the facts on the ground, according to a source who attended the meeting.
“The claim that these are isolated cases doesn’t align with incidents in which grenades were dropped from the air and mortars and artillery were fired at civilians,” a MAG representative is quoted as saying.
“This isn’t about a few people being killed — we’re talking about dozens of casualties every day,” the MAG official added.
Nearly a month after deadly shootings were first reported around aid distribution sites in areas of Gaza under Israeli military control, mass casualty incidents are still occurring on an almost daily basis.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which manages the aid sites, has consistently disavowed any responsibility for the reported deaths of hundreds of people trying to obtain the humanitarian assistance it distributes. The Israel Defense Forces, which is accused of carrying out the shootings, has acknowledged regret in some cases and says it is instituting changes aimed at making it easier for Gazans to reach the sites.
But while the IDF says it is looking into the incidents, they appear to have continued apace.
Between May 27 and June 24, there were at least 19 IDF shooting incidents related to humanitarian aid distribution, according to a review of reports out of Gaza conducted by The Times of Israel. These numbers have not been confirmed by Israeli authorities.
"Representatives from the MAG’s office disagreed, insisting that the Southern Command’s account doesn’t line up with the facts on the ground, according to a source who attended the meeting.
“The claim that these are isolated cases doesn’t align with incidents in which grenades were dropped from the air and mortars and artillery were fired at civilians,” a MAG representative is quoted as saying.
“This isn’t about a few people being killed — we’re talking about dozens of casualties every day,” the MAG official added.
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- https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-a-month-deadly-shootings...
Nearly a month after deadly shootings were first reported around aid distribution sites in areas of Gaza under Israeli military control, mass casualty incidents are still occurring on an almost daily basis.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which manages the aid sites, has consistently disavowed any responsibility for the reported deaths of hundreds of people trying to obtain the humanitarian assistance it distributes. The Israel Defense Forces, which is accused of carrying out the shootings, has acknowledged regret in some cases and says it is instituting changes aimed at making it easier for Gazans to reach the sites.
But while the IDF says it is looking into the incidents, they appear to have continued apace.
Between May 27 and June 24, there were at least 19 IDF shooting incidents related to humanitarian aid distribution, according to a review of reports out of Gaza conducted by The Times of Israel. These numbers have not been confirmed by Israeli authorities.