But some Gazans who’ve made or tried the journey in latest days have described being fired at from the route of Israeli tanks, regardless of the promise of secure passage, whereas others stated that they had seen our bodies, or components of our bodies, scattered across the street. The United Nations is conscious of such stories however has not recognized who was accountable, stated one U.N. official who requested to not be recognized due to the sensitivity of the matter.
Asked about stories of Israeli tanks firing at refugees, the Israeli navy stated in an announcement that it had been concentrating on Hamas all through Gaza. It stated its assaults on navy targets had been performed beneath worldwide regulation, together with taking “feasible precautions to mitigate civilian casualties.”
On Sunday, Anas Al Kourd, a paramedic at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, drove south along with his cousin, whose legs had been amputated after she was wounded within the struggle, and others, together with 4 youngsters. Theirs was the one automotive in sight. Around them, everybody held their arms up in a gesture of give up as they walked, carrying little however white flags, he stated.
As they approached Kuwait Square, a significant intersection in Gaza City, they got here beneath hearth, forcing them to retreat, he stated. Two or thrice they tried to maneuver ahead, solely to have to show round once more due to incoming hearth.
When they lastly made it to the sq., he stated, he might see greater than 50 Israeli tanks close by, sitting the place an olive grove was. He stated he waved the blanket protecting his cousin instead of a white flag, whereas a few of his companions, who’re twin residents, waved their crimson German passports.
Mr. Al Kourd had lined a couple of third of the remaining distance to the center zone of Gaza, bumping over splintered timber and concrete blocks, when he stated they had been fired on once more. He was driving at “mad speed” to flee, he stated, when a missile or bomb from a warplane hit close by. No one was struck, however their automotive hit a crater left earlier crater within the street ane went flying, he stated.
“I don’t know how we survived,” he stated a day later, having made it to the center zone of the Gaza Strip. His account couldn’t be independently confirmed.
