The Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Avir, today, Thursday, praised the soldiers who carried out the attack against the citizens, who were waiting for humanitarian aid at the Nabulsi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip.

He wrote on the “X” platform: “Full support must be given to our heroic fighters operating in Gaza, who acted excellently against the Gazan mob who tried to harm them,” according to his words.

He continued: “It has been proven today that transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza is not just madness, and while our kidnappers are being held in the Strip in substandard conditions, it also exposes IDF soldiers to danger, and this is another clear reason why we must stop... Transferring this aid, which is actually help to harm Israeli army soldiers, and oxygen for the Hamas movement.

The Israeli army claimed that dozens of people were killed due to the stampede, crowding, and trampling, while some Israeli media reported that the Israeli army had actually opened fire on citizens.

The Israeli army said: “We are conducting an investigation into the incident that occurred at the Nabulsi roundabout, west of Gaza.”

Gaza Strip authorities and Palestinian media confirmed that more than 100 people died, not as a result of the stampede, but because of the Israeli bombing.

The Palestinian presidency condemned, on Thursday, the attack carried out by the Israeli army against citizens who were waiting for humanitarian aid at the Nabulsi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health indicated that more than 100 Palestinians were killed and more than 700 others were injured, after Israeli tanks fired machine guns at thousands of Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip, specifically from Gaza City, Jabalia and Beit Hanoun, who were waiting for trucks loaded with humanitarian aid to arrive. On the coastal road west of Gaza City.