At least 21 people were killed and were injured on Sunday as they were on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, according to the Wield Red Cross Hospital and multiple witnesses.
Witnesses said that the Israeli forces fired crowds about 1,000 yards from the relief site run by an Israeli institution supported.
The army did not immediately respond to suspension requests.
The Foundation said in a statement that it handed over aid “without an accident” early on Sunday, and denied previous accounts of chaos and shooting around its sites, which are located in the Israeli military areas where independent arrival is limited.
Field Hospital officials said at least 21 people were killed and that 175 people were injured, without saying who opened fire on them. The Associated Press correspondent saw dozens of people who were treated in the hospital.
A new aid system marred by chaos
The young Gaza Humanitarian Foundation for aid by chaos, and many witnesses said that the Israeli forces fired crowds near the delivery sites.
Before Sunday, at least six people were killed and more than 50 people were injured, according to local health officials.
The Foundation says that private security contractors guarding their positions did not shoot at the crowd, while the Israeli army confessed to shooting warning footage on previous occasions.
The Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a previous statement, she said it had distributed 16 trucks of aid early on Sunday “without an accident.” She rejected what he refused in the name of “wrong reports on deaths, collective injuries and chaos.”
The shooting broke out near the distribution center
Witnesses said that the shooting on Sunday erupted in a roundabout, about 1,000 yards from the distribution site, in an area controlled by the Israeli forces.
Ibrahim Abu Soud, an eyewitness, said that the Israeli forces opened fire on people moving towards the aid distribution center.
“There were many martyrs, including women,” said the 40 -year -old. “We were about 300 yards from the army.”
Abu Soud said that he saw many people suffering from gunshot wounds, including a young man who said he died at the scene. “We could not help him,” he said.
Muhammad Abu Tima, 33, said that he saw the Israeli forces open fire and kill his cousin and another woman while they were heading to the axis.
He said that his cousin was shot in the chest and died at the scene. He said that many others were injured, including his son -in -law.
He said, waiting outside the Red Cross Hospital in his field, “They opened the fire strongly towards us directly.”
Axis is part of a new controversial help system
Israel and the United States say that the new regime aims to prevent Hamas from getting rid of help. Israel has not provided any evidence of systematic conversion, and the United Nations denies that it had happened.
United Nations agencies and major relief groups refused to work with the new system, saying that it violates humanitarian principles because it allows Israel to control those who receive aid and force people to move to distribution sites, and risk more collective displacement in the region.
The United Nations regime to provide assistance struggled after Israel reduced the total blockade in the region last month.
These groups say that Israeli restrictions, the collapse of law and order, and looting on a large scale makes it very difficult to provide assistance to about two million Palestinians in Gaza.
Experts have warned that the region is at risk of starvation if more aid is not provided.
The war began when terrorists led by Hamas southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapped 251.
They still carry 58 hostages, about a third of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest has been launched in the ceasefire agreements or other deals.
The military campaign of Israel has killed more than 54,000 people, most of them women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not specify the number of civilians or fighters.
The attack destroyed vast areas of the region, explained about 90 % of its population and let people depend completely on international aid.
