After more than 100 Palestinians were killed and about a thousand people were injured in an Israeli attack on Thursday morning, an Israeli government spokesman described the deaths of Palestinians during the distribution of aid near Gaza City on Thursday as a “tragedy” and said that initial indications were that the deaths resulted from rushing drivers. Delivering aid to the growing crowd.

"Crowd around trucks"

Spokesman Avi Heyman added in statements to reporters, “At some point, (people) had crowded around the trucks and the people driving the trucks, who were civilian drivers from Gaza, rushed into the crowds, which ultimately led to the killing of dozens of people, as I understand.” .

"We're not sure"

He added, "It is clear that it is a tragedy, but we are not sure of the details yet."

An Israeli bombing targeted southwest Gaza City today, Thursday, while hundreds were waiting to receive aid.

This bombing, which targeted the Nabulsi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip, led to the death of 104 civilians and the injury of about 760 others.

Waiting for aid

This came as thousands of Palestinians came to the roundabout from Gaza City, Jabalia, and Beit Hanoun, awaiting the arrival of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid at the Harun al-Rashid coastal road in the Sheikh Ajlin area, west of Gaza City, according to what Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent reported.

He also pointed out that Israeli forces opened fire directly on some civilians while they were waiting for aid. He explained that large numbers of wounded were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, which exceeded the capacity of the medical staff to deal with them. A number of bodies and injured people were also transferred to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City and Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia.

In turn, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor confirmed that its field team “documented Israeli tanks firing directly at thousands of hungry civilians” in Gaza.

The "massacre" must be stopped

Government media in Gaza also confirmed that the Israeli forces had a “deliberate intention” to attack the displaced.

In addition, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said that what is happening in Gaza is a “massacre” that must be stopped.

He added in a statement that “there are no limits to the horrors unfolding before our eyes in Gaza and there are no words to describe them,” stressing that “the killing and maiming of civilians in Gaza has reached an unprecedented level,” according to the Arab World News Agency AWP.

He also added that "Israel has repeatedly used explosive weapons with wide-ranging effects in densely populated neighborhoods in Gaza."

"Israel bears the failure of the negotiations"

While the Hamas movement commented on the incident, it said that Israel bears the consequences of the failure of the negotiations due to the continuation of genocide crimes.

She said, “The negotiations are not an open process at the expense of the blood of the Palestinian people.”

On the other hand, an Israeli army spokesman said that the army was not aware of the bombing of an area west of Gaza City today, adding that “there is no information about Israeli bombing in the area,” according to Reuters.

This came as the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll from the Israeli attack since October 7 had risen to more than 30,000, while the number of injured reached more than 70,000