At least 21 Palestinians died on Sunday while going to get support supply from an Israel -backed organization in Gaza Strip. This information was given by a hospital run by Red Cross. The bodies of these people were brought to this hospital.
Officials in the hospital said 175 others were injured. He did not say who fired on him. A journalist from the Associated Press (AP) saw dozens of injured undergoing treatment at the hospital.
There is a situation of chaos during the distribution of assistance supply by the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’. Several eyewitnesses have said that Israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowd near the help distribution sites.
According to local health officials, at least six people were killed and more than 50 injured before Sunday. The ‘Foundation’ says that private security personnel protecting its sites did not shoot at the crowd while the Israeli army has admitted to firing bullets as a warning.
The Foundation has not yet responded to the request to comment on the incident of casualties. It had earlier said in a statement that it distributed assistance sent from 16 trucks on Sunday morning and during this time there was no incident.