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UN expresses ‘alarm’ over deaths during aid distribution in Gaza Strip

  • February 29, 2024
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He UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief CoordinatorMartin Griffiths, showed himself ‘disturbed’ by dozens of deaths upon arrival humanitarian aid to the capital of the

He UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief CoordinatorMartin Griffiths, showed himself ‘disturbed’ by dozens of deaths upon arrival humanitarian aid to the capital of the Gaza Stripafter the local population came together to try to get food and was attacked by Israeli troops.

“Even now, after almost five months of brutal fighting, the Gaza Strip still has the ability to affect us,” Griffiths lamented in a statement that avoided assigning blame and limited itself to providing context.

The UN chief recalled that this incident occurred on the same day as Gaza Health Ministry raises death toll to more than 30,000 since the beginning of the conflict. “Life is flowing away at an alarming rate in the Gaza Strip,” he stressed.

Photo: Reuters.

Strip authorities reported more than a hundred dead Consequently “massacre” attributed to the Israeli armywho allegedly attacked people gathered near a convoy of food trucks.

The Israeli army, on the other hand, explained the stampede most casualties, limited to about ten people shot by their own troops. He also posted a video showing a crowd of people near cars.

(Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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