According to the civil defense of Gaza, the Israeli army had forced the truck to take “dangerous roads” and in poor condition (illustration image).
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A food truck turned to the crowd on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in the Gaza Strip. The accident killed twenty, according to the civil defense of Gaza.
‘The truck overturned while hundreds of civilians were waiting for food aid in the area of Nousseirat, in the center of the Gaza Strip,’ said the spokesman for the Civil Defense, Mahmoud Bassal. According to him, ‘the truck had been forced by the Israeli army to take dangerous roads, which had previously been bombed’ and were in poor condition.
‘Despite the recent limited authorization of a few aid trucks, the occupant (Editor’s note: Israel) deliberately hinders the safe passage and the distribution of this aid. It obliges drivers to take overloaded routes of hungry civilians who have been waiting for weeks for the essential products, ‘accused the government of Gaza in a statement under the authority of Hamas.
This deliberate and criminal behavior often ends with desperate crowds that rush on the trucks and seize their contents by force, ‘said the government, also mentioning 20 civilians killed and dozens wounded.
Questioned by AFP, the Israeli army indicated to check this information.
/ATS
