U.S. and allies launch maritime corridor for Gaza aid

“The command review reveals that while the trucks were traveling toward the distribution centers, a crowd of about 12,000 Gazans gathered around them and looted the equipment they were transporting,” it said in a statement this morning.

“During the course of the looting, incidents of significant harm to civilians occurred from the stampede and people being run over by the trucks. In addition, during the incidents of crowding, dozens of Gazans advanced towards nearby IDF troops, up to several meters from them, and thereby posed a real threat to the forces at that point. At this stage, the forces fired cautionary fire in order to distance the suspects. As the suspects continued to advance toward them, the troops fired precisely toward a number of the suspects to remove the threat.”