In Gaza, 'They're Prepared to Die for a Bagful of Rice' [View all]
Source: NYT
"On the morning of June 1, Dr. Victoria Rose was nearing the end of her 21-day stint as a volunteer in Gaza when she saw news of a mass shooting of Palestinians near a food distribution point.
... For 21 months, Gazan civilians have suffered as Israel has unleashed one of the most intense bombardments in modern warfare in its campaign against Hamas. And since June 1, more than 700 Palestinians have been reported killed, and about 5,000 injured, in almost daily shootings near food distribution sites run under a new aid system backed by Israel and the United States, according to the Gaza health ministry.
... Israel has barred foreign journalists from entering Gaza since the war began, except on controlled military embeds. As a result, medical workers for charities like Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and Ideals, which Dr. Rose volunteered for, are among the few international observers who can give firsthand accounts of the aftermath of these shootings and about the condition of Gaza’s few remaining hospitals.
All the patients Dr. Rose treated on June 1 said they had been shot by people guarding the food distribution point. Several people, she said, told her they were shot by “crowd control” while running away, although it is not clear what that phrase referred to. Their accounts were consistent with bullet wounds she treated to the back of people’s legs, she said, as well as to the torso and abdomen..."
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