🇺🇸 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Biden No Longer Hopeful of Temporary Ceasefire on Monday, #Gaza Fatalities Cross 30,000: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/02/29/biden-no-longer-hopeful-of-temporary-ceasefire-on-monday-gaza-fatalities-cross-30000/
According to Palestinian sources, over 100 people were killed and several hundred injured after Israeli forces opened fire upon Palestinian civilians who were waiting to receive aid from a truck. Other claims estimate the deaths in the dozens. Some of these sources claim the casualties all came from Israeli fire, while others say it was a combination additionally of military vehicles/aid trucks running over people as the crowds grew larger and surrounded the convoy.
Israeli government sources said Israeli forces responded with “live fire” after the aid truck was surrounded, whereas the IDF stated they were reviewing the incident. They claimed initially only 10 casualties happened from the incident and that all were caused by people stampeding each other to get aid, and eventually being run over by trucks leaving.
Biden has stated the incident is likely to significantly harm ceasfire negotiations, prompting him to take back his former comments stating he was hopeful of a ceasefire being reached by Monday. He added that there were "two competing versions of what happened", and that the US was “checking” into what had happened. Exact casualties from the incident are disputed from dozens to hundreds.
The attack on the aid trucks, mixed with other recent fatalities, have caused deaths within Gaza to cross above 30,000, according to Gaza’s health ministry, and the UN.
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According to Palestinian sources, over 100 people were killed and several hundred injured after Israeli forces opened fire upon Palestinian civilians who were waiting to receive aid from a truck. Other claims estimate the deaths in the dozens. Some of these sources claim the casualties all came from Israeli fire, while others say it was a combination additionally of military vehicles/aid trucks running over people as the crowds grew larger and surrounded the convoy.
Israeli government sources said Israeli forces responded with “live fire” after the aid truck was surrounded, whereas the IDF stated they were reviewing the incident. They claimed initially only 10 casualties happened from the incident and that all were caused by people stampeding each other to get aid, and eventually being run over by trucks leaving.
Biden has stated the incident is likely to significantly harm ceasfire negotiations, prompting him to take back his former comments stating he was hopeful of a ceasefire being reached by Monday. He added that there were "two competing versions of what happened", and that the US was “checking” into what had happened. Exact casualties from the incident are disputed from dozens to hundreds.
The attack on the aid trucks, mixed with other recent fatalities, have caused deaths within Gaza to cross above 30,000, according to Gaza’s health ministry, and the UN.
Full article above.
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