By Simon Lewis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is urgently searching for info on what passed off in northern Gaza on Thursday, the place well being authorities stated greater than 100 Palestinians had been shot lifeless by Israeli forces as they waited for an help supply.
State Division spokesperson Matthew Miller stated the incident underscored the urgency of increasing and sustaining the movement of humanitarian help into Gaza, together with by a possible short-term ceasefire as a part of a hostage deal.
“We’re urgently searching for extra info on precisely what passed off. We’ve been in contact with the Israeli authorities since early this morning and perceive that an investigation is underway. We might be monitoring that investigation intently and urgent for solutions,” Miller stated.
No less than 112 individuals had been killed and greater than 280 wounded within the incident close to Gaza Metropolis, Palestinian well being officers stated, because the loss of life toll from almost 5 months of struggle handed 30,000.
Israel disputed the account offered by well being officers in Hamas-run Gaza, which has been bombarded by Israeli forces for months in a struggle that started after the Palestinian militant group’s lethal rampage in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
Washington continues to clarify to Israel that each one doable measures have to be taken to permit the entry of extra help into Gaza, Miller stated, including that the U.S. pushed for the opening of a border crossing within the north as quickly as doable.
“If there’s something that the aerial footage of in the present day’s incident makes clear, it’s simply how determined the scenario on the bottom is. Individuals want extra meals. They want extra water. They want drugs and different humanitarian items, they usually want it now,” Miller instructed reporters at a daily information briefing.
(Reporting by Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk, Daphne Psaledakis and Kanishka Singh; Modifying by Daniel Wallis)
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