Israeli authorities said Saturday that crowding during the delivery of humanitarian aid Thursday in northern Gaza was responsible for most of the Palestinian casualties.

” [Israel Defense Forces] “We have completed the initial investigation into the unfortunate incident in which a civilian in Gaza was trampled to death and injured while charging a support convoy,” said Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari. Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari said. said. “Our initial investigation confirms that there was no IDF attack on the support convoy. The majority of Palestinians were killed or injured as a result of this stampede.”

The IDF fired warning shots to quell the crowd, and as the troops retreated, “several marauders approached our troops and posed an immediate threat,” Hagari said. “Initial investigation indicates that the soldiers responded to multiple individuals.”

Mr Hagari said the Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism (FFA), an “independent and professional expert body”, had “further investigated this incident to reduce the risk of such a tragic incident happening again during humanitarian operations”. We will investigate,” he added. . The IDF will share updated information as it becomes available, he said. (Related article: Dozens of people killed or injured while providing aid in Gaza)

“The Israel Defense Forces has concluded its initial investigation into the unfortunate incident in which civilians in Gaza were trampled to death and injured while charging a support convoy. It has been confirmed that no attack has taken place.”

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The FFA investigates allegations of misconduct in the IDF and provides its findings to the Military Advocate General, who uses the findings to decide whether to file a criminal case and to reduce the risk of similar incidents happening again. Recommend mitigation changes. according to To the IDF editorial team. “This system is supervised by Israel's civil justice system, which includes civil courts,” it added.

Thursday was the fourth day in a row that the IDF facilitated the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gazan civilians “because we want humanitarian aid to reach Gazan civilians in need,” Hagari told reporters. Ta.

Hagari said Israel and the international community are working together to obtain aid to civilians in Gaza, including the provision of joint airlift aid by the United States and Jordan. The IDF reportedly coordinated 21 such air shipments in cooperation with France, the UAE, Jordan, Egypt, and the United States.

“Our war is against Hamas, not against the people of Gaza,” he said.