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Flour massacre
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Rumours had circulated that an aid convoy would be passing along Al-Rashid Street,[1][2][3][4][5] and "thousands"[6][7] of people had gathered there before dawn to intercept it.[8][9] The crowd "descended on the line of vehicles as it travelled in darkness northwards along the coastal road".[10] The convoy — an Israeli initiative using trucks supplied by Palestinian businessmen[11] — "was moving towards the city centre"[12] on its way to a "destination in northern Gaza".[13]
The plunder of aid convoys was a problem in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war.[14][15][16] The New York Times reported that "U.N. aid convoys carrying essential goods to northern Gaza have been looted, either by civilians fearing starvation or by organized gangs",[17] while an Egyptian convoy driver said that "the trucks were often looted by Gazans because of the scarcity of aid in the enclave".[18] On 20 February, a few days before the Al-Rashid Street incident, U.N. aid agencies announced that "food deliveries to war-torn northern Gaza had been suspended after looting attacks".[19] Israel responded by organising a series of convoys itself, including the one on 29 February.[20]
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References
edit- ^ Clothilde Mraffko, "Gaza: New accounts of the 'flour massacre'", Le Monde, 9 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Aseel Mousa and Emma Graham-Harrison, "Killed trying to keep his family alive: one man’s death at Gaza aid convoy", The Guardian, 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "‘Flour massacre’: Lifesaving aid becomes a deadly struggle in Gaza", France 24, 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Thomas Mackintosh, "UN chief urges probe into Gaza aid convoy tragedy", BBC, 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed", Al Jazeera, 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Federica Marsi, Usaid Siddiqui, Ali Harb and Brian Osgood, "Israel’s war on Gaza updates: 'Life draining out of Gaza' — UN on aid attack", Al Jazeera, 29 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Gaza health ministry says scores killed during food aid distribution, provoking international outcry", Le Monde, 29 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Louis Imbert, Clothilde Mraffko and Samuel Forey, "Deadly food distribution in Gaza: What we know about the aid convoy and Israeli gunfire", Le Monde, 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza", NPR, 29 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Paul Brown, "What video and eyewitness accounts tell us about Gazans killed around aid convoy", BBC, 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon, "Disastrous Convoy Was Part of New Israeli Effort to Hand Out More Aid in Gaza", The New York Times, 2 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Julian Borger, "What we know about the killing of over 100 Palestinians near aid trucks", The Guardian, 29 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Emanuel Fabian, "IDF spokesman: Troops fired warning shots to disperse mob rushing aid convoy, did not carry out strikes", The Times of Israel, 29 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Amira Hass, "As Hunger Spreads in Gaza, Gangs Looting Aid Become Increasingly Brazen", Haaretz, 22 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ George Wright, "World Food Programme says northern Gaza aid convoy blocked", BBC, 5 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Jason Burke, "Food aid convoy for northern Gaza looted after delay at Israeli checkpoint", The Guardian, 6 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon, "Disastrous Convoy Was Part of New Israeli Effort to Hand Out More Aid in Gaza", The New York Times, 2 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "‘Flour massacre’: Lifesaving aid becomes a deadly struggle in Gaza", France 24, 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Gaza: Looting halts UN aid amid warnings over trapped patients", France 24, 20 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Aaron Boxerman and Rasgon Adam "Middle East Crisis: Disastrous Convoy Was Part of New Israeli Effort to Hand Out More Aid in Gaza", The New York Times, 2 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.