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Killing of children in Gaza while waiting in line for food, Israeli army: It was a technical error!

2025-07-14 09:43:09Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Killing of children in Gaza while waiting in line for food, Israeli army: It was
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At least ten people, including six children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday, according to Palestinian emergency authorities. The victims were waiting in line to fill water canisters near a tanker.

The bodies were taken to al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat, where a doctor said 16 wounded people, including seven children, were also treated.

Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a missile into the crowd waiting with empty cans. The Israeli military (IDF) said the attack was aimed at a member of Islamic Jihad, but due to a “technical error,” the munition hit dozens of meters short of its target. The case is under investigation.

"The Israel Defense Forces are aware of the allegations regarding civilian casualties and are working to minimize harm to innocents," the IDF statement said, adding that it "regrets any harm to civilians not involved in the fighting."

Verified footage from the scene shows people rushing to help the injured, among yellow bins, including children. BBC Verify confirmed the location by comparing it to surrounding roofs, trees and electricity poles. According to the shadow in the video, the incident happened in the early hours of the morning, about 80 metres southwest of the Nuseirat secondary school.


The incident came as Israeli airstrikes have intensified across the Gaza Strip. A spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense said that 19 more Palestinians were killed in three separate attacks on residential buildings in central Gaza and Gaza City on Sunday alone.

Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported that it has treated more mass casualty cases at its field hospital in Rafah in the past six weeks than in the whole of last year. On Saturday alone, the hospital received 132 patients with gunshot wounds, of whom 31 died. Most of the victims had gunshot wounds and were trying to receive food aid.

On Saturday, 24 more people were killed near an aid station in southern Gaza, where witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire on civilians seeking food. The Israeli military said it had no knowledge of any casualties from its fire and that only “warning shots” had been fired.

The UN Human Rights Office reported on Friday that 789 casualties related to aid distribution have been recorded, of which 615 near areas controlled by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which operates with the support of the US and Israel.

The GHF organization accused the UN of using “false and manipulated” data from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza. However, the GHF’s own director, Johnnie Moore, acknowledged that deaths had occurred near aid points, but denied that they were all linked to their operations.

International journalists, including the BBC, are not allowed to enter Gaza by Israeli authorities.

The Israeli military campaign in Gaza began after a Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, over 57,800 people have been killed since then.

Almost the entire population of Gaza has been displaced multiple times, with over 90% of homes damaged or destroyed. Health, water, hygiene and sanitation systems are collapsing, while food, fuel, medicine and shelter are in short supply.

For the first time in 130 days, 75,000 liters of fuel were allowed into Gaza this week, an amount that the United Nations described as "far from sufficient."

At the weekend, nine UN agencies warned that fuel shortages had reached critical levels. If supplies run out, it will cripple hospitals, water systems and food for a starving population.


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