The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it but the charity that organised the aid said people killed in the strike were employees of the transport company it was working with.

The convoy, organised by the US-based NGO Anera, was carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati-run hospital in Rafah on Thursday evening at the time of the attack. Its route had been coordinated in advance with the IDF, under a deconfliction process intended to prevent aid vehicles being bombed.

Anera’s Palestine country director, Sandra Rasheed, said: “This is a shocking incident. The convoy, which was coordinated by Anera and approved by Israeli authorities, included an Anera employee who was fortunately unharmed.

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  • Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
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    19 days ago

    Again Israel attacks anyone and everyone standing next to anyone/anything they claim is Hamas.

    • Civilians
    • Hospitals
    • Aid workers
    • Reporters
    • Mosques
    • Hostages

    Why are we still arming them? Repeatedly?

    • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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      The stupidest part for me is Israel’s explanation. The trucks were under attack from terrorists so we bombed the trucks.

      • xhrit@lemmy.world
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        19 days ago

        “The trucks were hijacked by terrorists so we bombed the terrorists.”

        Fixed it for you

        • kiagam@lemmy.world
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          so in a possible hostage situation as far as IDF claims (the hijacking), you bomb the bad guy with hostages? got it

          • xhrit@lemmy.world
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            You are talking about a nation who’s current president was accidentally shot by IDF friendly fire, while he was personally storming a hijacked airplane to rescue 60 hostages from palestinian terrorists.

            So yeah they are going to take the bad guys out, even if some of the good guys get hurt.

          • xhrit@lemmy.world
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            18 days ago

            well at least the comment has not been removed by a mod yet

  • BlackLaZoR@fedia.io
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    -What’s the difference between pack of terrorists and humanitarian aid convoy?

    -How the fuck should I know? I’m just a drone operator

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    I still don’t truly understand how the international Community still lets this bullshit fly. How many humanitarian missions hospitals and reporters are they gonna be allowed to kill before somebody fucking does something about this?

    • HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world
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      Because the US uses its Security Council veto to prevent the UN from taking action.

      And Palestine isn’t in NATO.

      What other international organization could intervene? The Arab League? The last time Arab countries fought a war against Israel to try to liberate Palestine, they lost. (And remember, Israel has nuclear weapons now, while no Arab country does.)

    • Woht24@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      Who do you expect to do what?

      Should the West and NATO invade Israel?

      • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Pull absolutely all support and funding, permanent ban on weapons transfers, deactivate their F35s. International financial sanctions.

      • threeganzi@sh.itjust.works
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        There are so many things you can do between nothing and full on invasion. Your question cannot possibly be in good faith.

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    IOF Source: Trust me bro

    The last time they claimed this was because the convoy had armed protection and to the IOF any presumed Palestinian with a gun is a terrorist. Investigated themselves and found no wrong doing. US agrees and sends more bombs and congratulates the apartheid state for defending itself from aid workers trying to stop the genocide.