Israeli Attacks Kill 9 Security Members Guarding AID Trucks
A Palestinian father carries his daughter next to the destroyed house of the Abu Libda family following an Israeli air strike in Al Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. Photo: EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
January 4, 2025 Hour: 2:28 pm
At least nine security personnel supervising humanitarian aid convoys in the Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported on Saturday.
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Three of them have been killed in the city of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, according to Palestinian media, while the others have been reported in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the enclave, local sources told a news agency.
On Thursday, the army also killed in the humanitarian zone of Mawasi, located in the south and center of the Strip, the dvision general Mahmoud Salah, director general of the police in southern Gaza, and Hussam Shahwan, director of the General Investigations Department at the same institution.
Both police officers were responsible for ensuring order in the area and preventing vandalism in the distribution of humanitarian aid.
In recent months, the Gaza police have conducted several operations in the southern Gaza Strip against groups that loot humanitarian aid trucks entering the enclave.
The looting of vehicles carrying humanitarian aid is a growing problem in Gaza and has worsened in recent months, so local police have conducted several operations to try to catch those involved in the theft of these trucks, It sometimes happens a few meters away from the Israeli forces stationed in the south of the enclave.
Autor: ACJ
Fuente: EFE