Gaza Strip Health Sector: 115 people have been killed in the attack on the Gaza City relief pick-up point.
According to the latest data released by the health department of the Gaza Strip, as of the evening of March 1 local time, the attack on people receiving relief supplies in Gaza City on February 29 has killed 115 people and injured 760.
In the early hours of 29 February, more than 30 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies arrived in Gaza City, where thousands of Palestinians rushed to receive food.
Gaza residents receiving relief supplies: Please. My daughter, my daughter, where did she go? I swear we've been hungry for seven days. This shouldn't be the case. Where did my daughter go? Come back, dear. We don't want flour anymore, are you a**? Honey, are you a**? Have mercy on us, have mercy on us.
The Pakistani side accused the Israeli army of causing the attack, and the Israeli army denied it.
As to the cause of the incident, witnesses and the health authorities of the Gaza Strip blamed the Israeli army at the scene** of causing a large number of people**. The Israeli military responded that the Israeli army did not launch the attack and that a stampede had taken place at the scene. In order to disperse the crowd, Israeli tanks fired warning shots.
Palestine strongly condemns the incident.
The incident was the deadliest civilian death toll in Gaza in recent times. On the same day, Abbas condemned the Israeli army's perpetration of Palestinian civilians. The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Office at Geneva said that the incident was genocide.
Ibrahim Klaisi, Permanent Observer for Palestine to the United Nations Office at Geneva: That's enough. The whole world witnessed this crime and genocide. Unfortunately, while some strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October last year, no one remembered or condemned the killing of Palestinian children, women and the elderly. You should consider the fact that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not begin on October 7 last year; It has been 75 years since Palestinians were driven from their homes; It has been 56 years since large swaths of Palestinian land were occupied; The blockade of the Gaza Strip has lasted for 17 years. No one remembers that from 2000 to October 7 last year, there were more than 190,000 Palestinian civilians*** We have not heard anyone condemn this, which is a moral and humanitarian failure.
Many countries condemned the attack and called for an investigation into the truth of the incident.
On March 1, many countries condemned the Israeli army as responsible for the attack on people receiving relief supplies in Gaza City on February 29 and called for an investigation into the facts.
Lebanon issued a statement on March 1 strongly condemning the Israeli army's attack on people in Gaza City to receive relief supplies. The statement said that this act reduces the chances of achieving peace and adds fuel to the fire of the situation in the region. Lebanon calls for accountability for the incident.
Yemen*** issued a statement on March 1 saying that the Israeli army's attack on people in Gaza City to receive relief supplies was aimed at forcibly displacing people in the Gaza Strip, which contributed to the emergence of terrorism and extremism in the region. Yemen calls on the international community and the UN Security Council to take immediate steps to achieve a ceasefire and provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.
Brazil*** said in a statement on March 1 that the Israeli army's attack on people in Gaza City to receive relief supplies shows that Israel's military operations have escaped any moral or legal restrictions. The international community should put an end to such acts while preventing new atrocities from occurring in the Gaza Strip.
Uruguay*** issued a statement on the same day demanding a thorough investigation into the incident. The statement also called on both sides of the conflict to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire.
South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation said in a statement on March 1 that South Africa condemns the attack on people receiving relief supplies, an atrocity that violates international law. In order to save lives in the Gaza Strip, South Africa calls on Palestine and Israel to cease fire immediately and unconditionally.
In addition, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued a statement on March 1 saying that she was deeply disturbed by the incident. The EU calls for a transparent investigation into the incident and urges all parties to the conflict to protect civilians in accordance with international law.
France's Macron said on March 1 that the situation in the Gaza Strip is very bad, and he called for finding the truth about the incident. On the same day, Germany also said that it was shocked by the incident and called for a full investigation of the incident and a humanitarian ceasefire.
*: CCTV News.