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In reply to the discussion: "WATCH: GHF proves IDF did not shoot at innocent Gazans at aid distribution sites" [View all]
AloeVera
(4,022 posts)62. It was the IDF, per CNN investigation published today.
No surprise.
The denial almost worked but the truth almost always comes out. However of course doubts have been cast and the damage has been done. The damage will aid in plausible deniability the next time it happens - and it will. So this inhumane crime will go on.
A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced enclosure to get food.
More than a dozen eyewitnesses, including those wounded in the attack, said Israeli troops shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically through the early hours of Sunday morning. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US and Israeli-backed aid initiative that runs the site, said that Israeli forces were operating in the area during the same period.
Multiple videos geolocated by CNN place the gunfire near a roundabout where hundreds of Palestinians had gathered about half a mile (800 meters) away from the militarized aid site in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah. The designated route to the site along the coast, Al-Rasheed Street, is in an area under the Israeli military’s control and Israeli troops operate at a base nearby.
Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks. Multiple eyewitnesses said that they saw gunfire emanating from Israeli tanks nearby.
More than a dozen eyewitnesses, including those wounded in the attack, said Israeli troops shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically through the early hours of Sunday morning. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US and Israeli-backed aid initiative that runs the site, said that Israeli forces were operating in the area during the same period.
Multiple videos geolocated by CNN place the gunfire near a roundabout where hundreds of Palestinians had gathered about half a mile (800 meters) away from the militarized aid site in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah. The designated route to the site along the coast, Al-Rasheed Street, is in an area under the Israeli military’s control and Israeli troops operate at a base nearby.
Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks. Multiple eyewitnesses said that they saw gunfire emanating from Israeli tanks nearby.
In addition it should be noted that the Red Cross and the UK-based Medical Aid for Palestinians, many victims suffered direct hits to the head and chest or SHRAPNEL wounds.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/04/middleeast/israel-military-gaza-aid-shooting-intl-invs
It hurts the heart to think about how well-fed and armed soldiers can do this to defenceless, starving human beings.
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"WATCH: GHF proves IDF did not shoot at innocent Gazans at aid distribution sites" [View all]
madaboutharry
Jun 2025
OP
So how do you describe what's going on in Gaza? IMO there does seem to be some inhumane dying and...
brush
Jun 2025
#1
There does. But not at the food distribution center today. Reports of violence there, as the OP shows, were fake.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#6
Your deflection notwithstanding, my post was very explicit and specific. It has to do with the OP and not
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#24
That was a rhetorical question. Of course I don't expect you to come up with any proof.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#12
Yes I did. I literally asked you that question. And I expected you to have no answer to it.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#15
Just want to remind you that your rhetorical question was of a position I had not taken.
Eko
Jun 2025
#16
The most likely cause of the bullet-riddled corpses is an attack by Hamas after the aid was distributed
NickB79
Jun 2025
#8
So the IDF gunned down dozens of Palestinians at 4am, but then gave out food at 6am?
NickB79
Jun 2025
#37
The thought of a well-fed hamas terrorist ordering about and shooting and stealing from his own people
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#46
Additionally, a Google news search shows only WaPo and AL Jazeera claiming the shooters were Israeli
iemanja
Jun 2025
#11
Only if you ignore 70-80 or a hundred Palestinian deaths...then it was peachy.
AloeVera
Jun 2025
#47
The GHF..... has the backing of the Trump administration and the Israeli government. ....
Ping Tung
Jun 2025
#33
Neither one of your statements makes a dent in contesting the accuracy of the OP.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#39
My post says that the Trump administration and the Israeli government back the GHF.
Ping Tung
Jun 2025
#42
The source for the OP's observation is the security camera recording the event as it happened.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#45