This new assessment represents a jump of several hundred victims in two weeks compared to the latest figures from August 1.
At least 1760 Palestinians have been killed since the end of May in the Gaza Strip, most of them by the Israeli army, looking for humanitarian aid, the UN Human Rights Office for territory said on Friday. According to a spokesperson for the Civil Defense of Gaza, Mahmoud Bassal, 23 people were also killed on Friday by Israeli strikes in the Palestinian territory, including 12 who awaited humanitarian aid.
Between May 27 and August 13, the UN office for the Palestinian territories “Recorded at least 1760 Palestinians killed by looking for help: 994 near the sites of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF, supported by the United States and Israel) and 766 along the itineraries of the convoys of supply”said a press release. “The majority of these murders were committed by the Israeli army”estimates the UN agency, which underlines being “Aware of the presence of other armed elements in the same areas”but says “Do not have information indicating their involvement in these murders”.
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“Deliberate targeting” of civilians
This new assessment represents a leap of several hundred victims in two weeks compared to the last assessment given on August 1 by the same UN office, which reported at least 1373 Palestinians killed in the same circumstances. Since the beginning of August, this UN office says he has “Registered 11 incidents involving attacks on Palestinians keeping convoys in northern Gaza and the center of Gaza”.
The most recent incidents took place in the afternoon of August 13, “When Israeli air strikes in the areas of AS Saftawi and Al Karameh in the north of Gaza would have killed at least 12 Palestinians and wounded at least 18 others”details the same source. A few hours later, “Another Israeli air strike on a third group of apparent security personnel in the At Twam area, also in northern Gaza, would have killed 6 Palestinians”. “These attacks are part of a recurring scheme, suggesting a deliberate targeting by the Israeli army of those considered as civilians involved in security” Help, according to the UN office.
This office says it has counted since October 7, 2023 “Dozens of incidents” of this kind in which “The Israeli army illegally targeted civilian police officers who do not participate in hostilities, contributing to the collapse of the police, leading directly to disorders around the convoys of supplies (…)”.
