Point on the situation – The UN has announced the death of nearly 800 people who were trying to obtain humanitarian aid near the GHF Foundation-supported Sites and Israel.
Nearly 800 people have lost their lives in Gaza since May 27, trying to get help near the GHF Foundation sites. The Lebanese president has dismissed any normalization of his relations with Israel. In the Gaza Strip, the civil defense announces seize Dead in two Israeli strikes this Friday and the Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat reported injured after being wiped out Israeli fire. Le Figaro takes stock of the situation.
800 people killed in Gaza trying to get help
Nearly 800 people have been killed in Gaza since May 27, when they were trying to get help, the vast majority of which near the GHF Foundation Sits by the United States and Israel, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Between May 27, the start of operations of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), and July 7, “We recorded 798 people killed, including 615 near the GHF sites”said a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner to Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, during a press briefing in Geneva.
The Israeli army said they had “Lessons learning” Mortal incidents reported during food distributions in the Gaza Strip after the UN indicated that nearly 800 people had been killed since the end of May trying to get help. “Following incidents in which they have been reported with civilians who have arrived at distribution centers (aid), in -depth examinations were carried out (…) and instructions were transmitted to the forces on the ground after having learned the lessons”said the army in a statement.
The Lebanese president excludes any normalization with Israel according to a press release
The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, dismissed any normalization of his relations with Israel on Friday, while declaring himself for a peaceful situation with the neighboring country which still occupies part of its territory.
“The question of normalization (…) is not considered in the current Lebanese foreign policy”said the head of state. It is the first official Lebanese reaction to the words of the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Saar, who said on June 30 that Israel was “interested” by normalization with Syria and Lebanon.
Sixteen dead in two Israeli strikes according to the Civil Defense of Gaza
The civil defense of the Gaza Strip reported 16 dead this Friday in several Israeli military operations through Palestinian territory devastated by more than 21 months of war.
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According to Mohammad al-Moughayyir, an official of this organization, ten people were notably killed by Israeli army fire while they were waiting to receive humanitarian aid near Rafah, in southern Gaza.
Six other Palestinians died in air bombings around Khan Younès, also in the south of the coastal strip, said the Civil Defense, which had brought the death of seven people earlier on the night of Thursday to Friday.
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“The situation remains extremely difficult in the area”
Nuseirat’s Al-Awda Hospital also reported wounded after being wiped out Israeli fires near a food aid distribution in the center of the Gaza Strip. Israeli armored vehicles were in the Al-Maslakh area, near Khan Younès, in the south of the Palestinian territory, according to a witness.
“The situation remains extremely difficult in the area: fed fire, intermittent air strikes, artillery bombings, as well as the continuation of destruction by bulldozers in the displaced camps and agricultural land in the south, west and north of Al-Maslak”said the witness who asked to keep anonymity at AFP.
Contacted by AFP, the Israeli army said it was unable to respond immediately. Given the restrictions imposed on the media by Israel in the Gaza Strip and the difficulties of access to the field, AFP is not able to independently check the balance sheets and assertions of the various parties.
