One of many witnesses, Mohammad Hamoudeh, a photographer in Gaza Metropolis, mentioned that he didn’t see any Israeli forces or the weapons that fired on the group. However he mentioned that heavy Israeli fireplace from a distance gave the impression to be accountable for the casualties.
“The cannons and tank shells are what focused the civilians,” he mentioned.
“I escaped by a miracle; we noticed dying with our eyes,” he mentioned. Referring to the sooner convoy catastrophe, he mentioned: “It was virtually the identical situation because the Nabulsi incident. There have been many martyrs. The scene was horrifying.”
Even after the bloodshed, folks collected what help they may, he mentioned, together with sacks of flour that had been bloodied.
Ali Al Ajouri, a 16-year-old from Jabaliyah, additionally described shelling on the group. “There have been some 30 folks gathering in a single spot, and a shell shot them straight,” he mentioned.
Dr. Eid Sabbah, the pinnacle of nursing on the Kamal Adwan Hospital, mentioned: “It wasn’t gunfire. It was ammunition from heavy weaponry that trigger giant openings; that’s apparent from the doorway and exit wounds.”
Dr. Sabbah mentioned the sufferers who have been handled on the hospital had largely chest and head wounds. Docs there may solely stabilize them and hold them alive, he mentioned, and have been unable to carry out surgical procedure due to the dearth of drugs and medical instruments.
Ibrahim Al Najjar, 42, an unemployed taxi driver, mentioned he was within the space round 8 p.m. when a big crowd had gathered. Quickly, there was shelling and taking pictures, he mentioned. He mentioned that his cousin was killed and that he was injured in his proper arm by shrapnel.
“I ran for my life with others, after which they hit a constructing subsequent to us,” he mentioned. “We stored operating till we reached some ambulances distant.”
The Israeli army mentioned it was not accountable for the assault. “Roughly one hour earlier than the arrival of the convoy to the humanitarian hall, armed Palestinians opened fireplace whereas Gazan civilians have been awaiting the arrival of the help convoy,” the army mentioned. “As help vehicles have been coming into, the Palestinian gunmen continued to shoot as the group of Gazans started looting the vehicles. Moreover, a variety of Gazan civilians have been run over by the vehicles.”