LThe occupying forces have deceived people by hiding under the protection of aid that civilians desperately need”, continues the press release.
“This endangers the safety of humanitarian teams”, indicates the Red Crescent, because such a precedent raises the risk that humanitarian workers will now be perceived with suspicion, Nebal Farsakh, spokesperson for the Red Crescent told AFP.
Questioned by AFP about these accusations, the Israeli army referred to a message published on X on June 8 by a spokesperson describing “lies” allegations that the Israeli soldiers who came to free the hostages had entered Nousseirat aboard humanitarian aid trucks.
Captured by Hamas on October 7 at the Nova electro festival and detained in the Gaza Strip since then, Almog Meir Jan (22 years old), Noa Argamani (26 years old), Andrey Kozlov (27 years old) and Shlomi Ziv (41 years old) were released on Saturday during a military operation in a refugee camp, triggering scenes of collective joy across Israel.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported 274 deaths and 698 injuries among Palestinians in this operation.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Monday that the number of casualties “far exceeded the limited capacities of hospitals” of the region.
In January, Israeli special forces agents disguised as hospital workers shot dead three Palestinians inside the Avicenna Hospital in Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, with the army saying they belonged to a “Hamas terrorist cell”.
The war was started on October 7 by the attack of Hamas commandos infiltrated from Gaza in southern Israel which led to the death of 1,194 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count made from official Israeli figures.
The same day, 251 people were taken as hostages, 116 are still detained in Gaza, of whom 41 died according to the Israeli army.
In response, the Israeli army launched a deadly offensive in the Gaza Strip which left 36,731 dead, mainly civilians, according to data from the Health Ministry of the Hamas government for Gaza.
