GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) One Palestinian civilian was killed and at least 20 others were injured on Friday morning when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at people seeking food aid near US-run distribution points in the Gaza Strip.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that Rateb Jawda was shot dead when Israeli forces opened fire at desperate aid seekers in the northwest of Rafah.
According to local sources, tens of thousands of citizens started at dawn to head for the distribution point, which was established by the Israeli army in the Tel as-Sultan area in western Rafah, only to be surprised that the US company had placed just one aid box inside the center. As a result, all the citizens started to leave the area without receiving any aid, but suddenly Israeli forces opened fire at them, with no reason.
20 other citizens were also injured as they were trying to receive aid from another distribution point in southern Gaza.
Citizens told the PIC reporter that some citizens disappeared after the IOF attacked aid seekers near the US-Israeli distribution points.
