The seven help employees had arrived in northern Gaza earlier on Monday to assist ship greater than 100 tons of meals help, in line with World Central Kitchen. Their vehicles left round 9 p.m. and headed south for the group’s warehouse, in line with the Israeli navy.
Alongside the coastal highway, the vehicles met with vehicles who joined their convoy, in line with the navy. Shortly after, a gunman appeared to fireside a single spherical from the roof of one of many vehicles, in line with Maj. Gen. Yoav Har-Even, a reserve officer who oversees the navy’s investigations into potential circumstances of wartime misconduct.
After the convoy arrived on the warehouse, Israeli drone footage captured what officers stated have been extra gunmen on the scene. The Israeli navy screened movies for reporters on the briefing on Thursday. The New York Instances couldn’t independently confirm the navy’s video.
The officers have been satisfied that the scene they’d witnessed resembled what they stated have been earlier makes an attempt by Hamas militants to grab humanitarian help in Gaza, the officers stated. Hamas didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark in regards to the accusation.
The vehicles then left the warehouse — three vehicles went south and one went north, the navy officers stated.
Inside 4 minutes, at the very least one Israeli drone struck every of the three automobiles within the southbound convoy as they traveled south one behind the opposite, killing all seven passengers, the Israeli officers stated.
Some help employees within the automobile that was first struck fled to the following automobile for cover, the officers stated. That automobile was hit, too.
The troopers’ determination to fireside on the second and third automobile, assuming wrongly that they have been additionally harboring militants, failed to satisfy the Israeli navy’s open-fire protocols, the officers stated.
“This was towards the foundations of engagement,” Basic Har-Even stated.
