None of the videos definitively show who fired shots outside of the aid camp. However, CNN’s review of audiovisual material sheds fresh light on how the pursuit of aid turned chaotic and then dangerous, on the actions of Israeli forces and the consequences of the new aid mechanism, which has been mired in controversy.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initially said on Sunday that its forces did not fire at civilians “while they were near or within the aid site.” An Israeli military source later acknowledged that troops had fired “warning shots” at suspects about 1 kilometer (1,093 yards) away.
The Israeli military declined to answer questions about CNN’s findings.
During a press conference on Tuesday, IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military investigated and found its troops played no role in any mass casualty event. Defrin said: “This week, it was claimed that the IDF fired at civilians in an aid distribution area. This report is entirely false and echoes the propaganda of the terrorist organization Hamas… Regarding the incident on Sunday – it simply didn’t happen!”
CNN adds nothing to previously reached conclusions, yet claims to "shed fresh light on how the pursuit of aid turned chaotic and then dangerous"
And what do they "shed"? Unidentified eyewitnesses with no apparent basis to their claims. Israeli forces operating "in the area". No shit, it's a friggin war zone! How far from the shooting was that area? Crickets. Multiple geolocated videos identify the site of the gunfire, which was already identified previously, but no source of the gunfire. Witnesses seeing gunfire emanating from the tanks, but no signs of tanks in the area that CNN could find. Unidentified weapons experts, apparently not present at the scene, finding the sounds they hear and the bullets they see to be "consistent with" but not traced to, certain weapons.
And then, in contradiction to their sensationalized header, the punchline: "However, CNN’s review of audiovisual material sheds fresh light on how the pursuit of aid turned chaotic and then dangerous, on the actions of Israeli forces and the consequences of the new aid mechanism", after presenting an article's full of nothing but unsubstantiated speculations which shed no fresh light on anything, and not a single action of Israeli forces tied to the consequences of the new aid mechanism.
What a friggin incompetent and lazy excuse for investigative journalism!
And this garbage is being accepted by CNN editors for print. Disgraceful
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