A number of killed in Israeli assault on Gaza hospital convoy, help group says | Gaza Information

Anera says Thursday’s assault killed a number of folks from an organization that was transporting provides for the help group.

An Israeli missile hit a convoy carrying medical provides and gasoline to an Emirati hospital within the Gaza Strip, killing a number of folks from an area transport firm, the American Close to East Refugee Support (Anera) group has mentioned.

Israel claimed with out rapid proof that it opened fireplace after gunmen seized the convoy.

The strike killed a number of folks employed by a transportation firm that the help group was utilizing to carry provides to the Emirates Crimson Crescent Hospital in Rafah, Sandra Rasheed, Anera’s director for the Palestinian territory, mentioned on Friday.

The strike occurred Thursday on Salah al-Din Avenue within the Gaza Strip and hit the convoy’s first automobile.

“The convoy, which was coordinated by Anera and authorized by Israeli authorities, included an Anera worker who was luckily unhurt,” Rasheed mentioned in a press release cited by The Related Press information company.

“Regardless of this devastating incident, our understanding is that the remaining automobiles within the convoy had been capable of proceed and efficiently ship the help to the hospital. We’re urgently looking for additional particulars about what occurred.”

Anera deliberate to launch extra info later Friday.

The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted to the social platform X that “gunmen seized a automotive on the head of the convoy [a jeep] and started driving”.

“After the seizure operation and after confirming the potential of attacking the militants’ automobile alone, the raid was carried out, as the remainder of the convoy automobiles weren’t harmed and reached their goal in response to the plan,” Adraee wrote. “The operation to focus on the militants eliminated the danger of seizing the humanitarian convoy.”

The United Arab Emirates, which normalised relations with Israel in 2020 and has been offering help to Gaza for the reason that ongoing struggle started, didn’t instantly acknowledge the assault.

Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fireplace on different help convoys within the Gaza Strip. The World Meals Programme introduced Wednesday it’s pausing all workers motion in Gaza till additional discover over Israeli troops opening fireplace on one in every of its marked automobiles, hitting it with a minimum of 10 rounds. The capturing got here regardless of having obtained a number of clearances from Israeli authorities.

On July 23, UNICEF mentioned two of its automobiles had been hit with stay ammunition whereas ready at a delegated holding level. An Israeli assault in April hit three World Central Kitchen automobiles, killing seven folks.

Based on the UN, greater than 280 help employees have been killed by Israeli forces within the Gaza Strip since October 7.

Israeli forces have continued to seal shut important border crossings in Gaza, the place famine is looming and excessive starvation is quickly spreading. Support has been trickling into the bombarded and besieged territory intermittently since Israel launched its newest assault there nearly 10 months in the past.

Hospitals are additionally missing much-needed gasoline for mills, medication and different important provides.