At Least 27 Killed After Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Gaza Aid Site
Israeli soldiers opened fire Tuesday morning near crowds of Palestinians walking toward a new food distribution site in southern Gaza, the Israeli military said. The Red Cross and Gaza health ministry said at least 27 people had been killed.
It was the second such large-scale shooting by Israeli forces in three days near the same aid distribution site in the southern city of Rafah, where thousands of desperate and hungry Palestinians are coming early each day in hopes of securing a food handout. Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday near an approach to the same food distribution site, and Palestinian officials said they killed at least 23 people.
I’ve been largely resistant to calling what Israel is doing in Gaza ‘genocide,’ but gosh golly, Israel is just determined to make that position impossible to defend, aren’t they?