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IDF claims ‘armed assailants’ tried to hijack vehicle leading convoy of medical supplies, which aid organiser deniesThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it, but the charity that organised the aid said those killed were employees of the transport company it was working with.The convoy, organised by the US-based NGO Anera, was carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati-run hospital in Rafah on Thursday evening at the time of the attack. Its route had been coordinated in advance with the IDF, under a deconfliction process intended to prevent aid vehicles being bombed. Continue reading…
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/israel-airstrike-aid-convoy-gaza
Author : Julian Borger in Jerusalem
Publish date : 2024-08-30 00:37:18
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