March 5, 2024
In the early hours of Feb. 29, more
than 110 Palestinians were killed and several hundred wounded in northern Gaza
when a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid reached Gaza City, where a
starving crowd had amassed near the coast. Israel immediately denied
responsibility for the casualties, releasing edited drone footage purporting to
show that its forces “didn’t open fire on those seeking aid” and shot only at
“several individuals” who “posed a threat”; instead, Israel accused the
Palestinians of “trampling other Gazans to death.” However, testimonies
gathered by +972 Magazine from Palestinians who survived what they are calling
the “starvation massacre” describe Israeli forces opening fire indiscriminately
on the crowd.
