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PALESTINIAN Territories – Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said on Friday Israeli fire killed 20 people and wounded 155 waiting to receive desperately needed aid in the besieged territory, but Israel said the reports were “erroneous.”
Mohammed Ghurab, director of emergency services at a hospital in northern Gaza, told AFP there were “direct shots by the occupation forces” on people waiting for a food truck.The Israeli military denied it had opened fire on the crowd. A WCK team in Gaza has built a floating jetty onto which cargo destined for people in northern Gaza can be unloaded.“We all know it’s not enough… that’s why we have to open this corridor with a continuous flow of boats,” Gore said.
“There is no food, nothing to feed our children. We can’t even find a bottle of baby milk. We’ve been wandering around since early morning, hoping that a plane would drop parachutes,” he said. Around 1.5 million Palestinians have sought refuge along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt in and around Rafah.
Hamas militants also seized about 250 Israeli and foreign hostages, dozens of whom were released during a week-long truce in November. Israel believes about 130 of the captives remain in Gaza and that 32 are dead.
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