Insists its soldiers opened fire because they felt threatened by the crowds, yet provided no evidence to backup those claims. Nearly 5 months since a israels war on guys of the death toll has now surpassed. 30 thousands killed and israel sees is hundreds of hectors, of Palestinian Land and near and illegal still is rarely settlement in the occupied wes, back the we begin in gaza city this hour where the is really military has killed at least 104 palestinians nearly 700 people has also been injured, dozens of them in Critical Conditions. Thursdays attack has been described as a massacre of civilians. Hundreds of starving palestinians had gathered to collect food aid when they were attacked. Israels army says its soldiers were forced to open fire because they felt threatened by the crowds. Michael, apple explains how it all unfolded. In the early always of the morning, thousands of people flocked to all rashid road, southwest of gauze, a city desperate for a. The aerial footage, released by these riley military shows crowds gathering around what looks like several a trucks. By the time the sun rose, the extent of what happened was clear. The data and the dying lying side by side or to gun down by is really fine. The image on it is really just open random fire on us as if it was a truck. Once we approach to a trucks and this is really tanks and were playing started firing on us. If this continues like this, we do not want any a deliberate at all. Every comm board coming means in other mass initial instead of aid, theyve come away with the dead. Why dont key caught call and make sure the stretches the wounded are taken to nearby hospitals, all of which are overwhelmed and barely function involved via the this is exactly what we have been warning about the hospital being out of service to mid this massive influx of patients we are operating on batteries, most of our victims are in Critical Condition, which requires urgent surgical intervention. But the hospital is without operating rooms. I stand helpless, were simply administering 1st, a treatment only at these rightly military says its forces open fire. When troops felt threatened, while the Spokes Person for these ready government says palestinian drive is plowed into the crowds when the trucks well over whelmed. But neither has provided evidence. One of the survivors says bodies are still lying on the streets where they were gunned down. Even inside the wall, so i didnt know. As soon as the a trucks entered these really started shelling and shooting everyone who was on the road. They opened fire. Run that by killing innocent men and women. And look, there was gunfire, snipers shooting tanks showing, enrolled, the palestinians are left with a few options starved to death, slowly or risk losing their lives, collecting aid like level oh to 0. A. Some of the people injured in the attack were taken to al, shift the hospital and gaza city. This is the scene that staff member doctors had done that ill shall say, described to us is that the level of edit davi is may. A lot of us have seen it are really no words to describe the situation. It reminds us of the dock scenes from the Baptist Hospital 4 months ago with 500 people were killed. And one is really yesterday. Since the early hours of the morning, the hospital has been flooded with thousands of dead bodies and hundreds of injured. The majority of the victims suffered gunshot wounds and trap, though in the head and upper parts of the bodies. They were hit by direct artillery. Shelly droned missiles and gone. Finally, all probation rooms are full and full medical stones have been deployed. Above all, we ran out of medical supplies and fuel necessary to operate the hospital. We hope we will be able to provide any live saving procedures to those victims. Will. Victims are in Critical Condition that lying on the floor, we stand helpless. Im in the shop shortage of supplies and stuff. How did you get in with them . Its hard a couple is whom is in rough, a southern, gaza forest. Tar. And youve been gathering information on this along with our house 0 team. What more can you tell us about this . A yes or that was a very shocking and distressing as i am today. You were childs of this house and you and quite a complete, a desperate another in dollars. Ive been waiting as usual every day for more flow. This humanitarian supplies, and she miniature and hopes to get to the number of parts of the 1000 know whose people had been mosley congress. It might use body forces in that for your patients, for his age, sensitive to be one of the bloodiest attacks where wed be happy so you can get a hearing more or so. Can you news about me done 100 times put in pain, kill. Does there, can she also, beauty is emerging from the patient showing an intense is very sure thing against those people who are gathering to waiting for Human Service supplies. The majority of them, the not many sure returned back with anything very time empty handed, as there was, people are continue, have nothing to sort of going on in life. 12 the own going is ready been bought meant that those are significant. Christian friction on a delivery at the same time as the deputies had suspended the operations and a delivery to the north for the same reasons, to collapse and to reach. And this is one kind of see up to date, have been what the think they were completely dis. Yep. Exposed to that gets ready for you. And some of them you just have to fix that. Youve been carrying systems to return back to their families with something in their hand to feed them on the dr. Edmonds number, hope, tangible piece, and due to being sold. It was another loaded on the capacity of also told that surely im barely operating right now just solely providing permits. Its keta. This is absolutely terrifying for the atari. Thank you very much for that reporting. I know you and the rest of our house is there a team and guys are working hard to try and gather as much information as we can about todays proved on attack on these, these palestinians were lining up for aid and in northern gather. Thank you very much, start the spring insane bas robbies in your in ramallah and the occupied westbank. So were trying to build as complete of, of pictures we can about what happened this morning. What are you learning on your end as well . The aerial footage of the Israeli Military has released appears to show massive crowds swarming the few aid trucks that are able to deliver any kind of help to the besieged population of guys. A b as rileys, have put it out as a potentially reasonable excuse for why they felt threatened. The crowds were chaotic and out of control. They felt they had to open fire to protect their soldiers. But instead of being a reasonable excuse would palestinians are seeing is really an indictment of is really choices inside guys. The chaos has stemmed from israel blocking any sort of reasonable International Aid response blocking groups. Making it more difficult for you in bodies to carry out the work of this chaos as a result of what they have done for the past 5 months, which is dismantle a society dismantle services. Urban centers in a land area, half the size of new york, twice the size of washington dc. To that point, the bite and administration, the Us White House has actually asked the israelis to stop targeting members of the homos run civilian police force that support these a trucks inside gaza because they were warning of a quote total breakdown of law and order. And that is largely what were seeing here and to suggest that these re, weve had no choice, they were trying to protect themselves, palestinian se adds insult to injury. And just to get a sense of how bad the situation is. 576000 people in gaza or near famine. These are due and statistics. 2. 3000000 people are relying on wolfley and adequate food aid and ox fam is just put out a statement saying it is appalled by the reports of killing people. In gaza waiting for food aid, they say israels actions were deliberate targeting civilians and a gross violation of International Humanitarian law and humanity. As a mr. On the reporting from occupied from romano, i beg your pardon. Thank you very much then. And Bernard Smith is in the occupied east. Jerusalem bernard, how does israel explain what happened this morning . The so several, israel is military, has had a briefing not too long ago trying to elaborate on what they believe will they say happened in gaza. They say this is what happened around what a gaza, which is basically what i this river. But israel is used to separate the north of gauze from the south and as a check point, that they say that these a trucks were clearing this check point. When it was surrounded by a large crowd of people at that stage, these really ministers that they didnt fire and anybody, anybody who was killed was killed in the crush or even run over by vehicles. And then the Ministry Says that was the 2nd incident. Why once those vehicles have gone further, no people left behind approach these riley minute treat, which they say it was in a threatening manner of bodies when these rallies opened. Fire. Now if you ask our colleagues in gaza, they will say, well, people are killed, ive read a guy guessing aid body killed by these rileys every day when that trying to get a. But the reason the so much focus today is because of a large numbers of People Killed, but it is normal to be stand in this bowl. The policy needs are killed when they go and try and get a right. Bernard, thank you very much for that. Id like to turn to Something Else burnett is sticking around with us for a 2nd. To address this, israel has seized nearly 3 square kilometers of Palestinian Land, near and illegal settlement in the occupied westbank. The move will establish a new settlement near molly. I do mean thats near occupied East Jerusalem, and estimated 40000 is really settlers live there. In molly, i do mean settle expansion, illegal under International Law, yet it has ramped up significantly since the war on guys up began burnett. Lets bring you back in on this. Why is israel taking this land as well as rail, has into the settlements or into any goal . Settlements in the occupied westbank are only legal under International Law, but israel has 2 categories, settlements and then outposts. And these are legal outposts, 10 of them were approved by the cabinet last year to be made into full is riling settlements on the 1st one of those has been signed off now by the military. Its interesting the timing of this because only on monday we were out. So from the have 6 days of hearings before the International Court of justice, we almost 50 countries arguing the court should rule the occupations illegal because amongst many things, the main issue was the relentless, continuous expansion of israeli settlements in the policy and territories stopping the palestinians from exercising their right to self determination, a most countries arguing the baffle, the cultured rule, israels occupation illegal. It was left to the us and the u. K. Excuse me, have the funds this task of trying to defend the occupation and saying should be left to established un mechanisms is rileys in the palestinians to talk to gather the british saying these writers should at least be reminded that they shouldnt make the situation worse in the west bank while were waiting for these talks because israel, as we see, is going ahead and is increasing supplements ac spot expansion at a rate never before i burn smith reporting from occupied East Jerusalem as the sun is setting there. Thank you very much, bernard. I want to go back to the story that we were covering before, which was the is really military opening fire and killing over a 100 palestinians early this morning, or waiting for food aid in northern gauze. Well, earlier we spoke to you and assess Spokes Person test ingram. She says that a key component of International Law is on hindered access to humanitarian aid for civilians in need. Say, news reports coming in today. Ill be on the anyones list when its unfathomable that the sky, all of the horrors, the folding, the people of palestine continues west and, and, and this is why we overlap less. We might have a safe fire because they even distributed nights out of so many of the checks and gaza is why we have such a large number of civilians in children and families. Big joe, weve had tremendous difficulty getting extra people, but we off assisting to spot those challenges. But you know, as we know, were discussing the situation in the nor here where people have had such limited access to i included food and we as unit x. That last week, but almost 16 percent of the children on the truth that we serve. I are acutely massage. That is almost percentage to the population. The in the northern does a strip. And so from what was said in your report, that the people who have been left without food in the simple active trying to get the basics that they need for them. So for the children to survive, to something that like this for that to happen is, is just a cooling its, its a corner store and its natural be monetary and will they be able to receive . I excitedly and weve reached the point where the restrictions, all hide are preventing that so we need those restrictions to be lifted. And when the i get in, we need people to be able to access it safely solvable. When the a gets in, we need people to be able to access it safely. Thats from unicef. Lets continue this conversation with timer carmel was joined us in the studio, your assistant professor of Public Policy at the Doha Institute for graduate studies. And time, or the palestinians are killed. Dozens of palestinians are killed every day, and this has been the case, the more than 4 months in this war. But even by the standards of this war, there are some events that grab your attention because theyre even more horrific than what weve become accustomed to. What did you think when you saw what happened this morning . I mean, i started, i mean obviously isnt it, thats across all the lines when it comes to any proper modal conduct in any more we can all from the one i mean using a theres a whip in that using sort of ation as a weapon. So its hard is basically its, its a, it doesnt feed the, i mean its, its a, its kind of what its can do because it is because its the punitive task. What im, so there is no accountability whatsoever. It doesnt tell us how can we, with these thoughts and the pad it lies, there is nothing they can do. The un is just sitting on watching, condemning an author for the, for the National Protection for that. The National System is that i had a committee of the responses with which is so ill tell you just, i mean, claiming to be for the president by civilians hungry march seems to get food. And the depth of, i mean, bill, im dr. Piets, the one who invaded because they are the ones who cause all this kind of destruction. And then they come up with this excuse, or if they can deliver it, its properly then. Why not . That sort of fact isnt over that you have you and agencies, the owner to uh, uh that cross. I mean name its, i mean, so its, its, its a full context of World Full Program by the way. And i was just last week that they were no longer delivering a to northern gauze or because the safety just wasnt there for them. And its deliberate, this has been a bit of, i mean, this is policy, this is a, this is an actual policy. You come down on the was funding at you prevent all these a business has to work in the load then slowly that also leaving the south. Let us know where is secured and the goes to the. So this is a man because of the, this is deliberate. And again, its a, its a timing also is problematic. Meaning, i mean, its a, it might be not the coincidence that the, the, this comes not in the better could think of them when you have this critic of negotiations over the tools. Is that right . And is very famous of all was putting more pressure, more killing, more destruction to, to, to push products demands. Because now we know how mass is studying the, the, the, also the tools, you know, and the argument is that we, we get more out of from us if we put more military pressure on golf course. I mean, the approach shooting segment is, isnt in the north. I mean, i mean, this human, a serious situation is stuff as rustic. Its very dia, i mean, so of course, i mean for them. And because they, they dont feel like it, but i should bit above i need the lesson though, whatsoever. And they can do this and do this without, if anything happens, i mean the americans, but just want them to know. But why not to push funding dependence investigation . Where does i see . I mean, this is happening all to do. So again, that is what ive just got. The thing is, im confused. Its kind of 4 doing good sense and, and, and yeah, you say, why not the i c c . Speaking of, since you bring up International Law, i mean the International Court of justice the i see james separate from the c c, d i c j a month ago said the israel ordered israel to stop killing palestinians because there is, its plausible, the genocide that are committing genocide and gauze, and therefore you gotta stop killing palestinians. Youve got allow aiden this and now we see, then i see this, i suppose this is a reminder, another reminder that International Law is only as strong as it can actually be implemented. It only matters if somebody is willing to implement it. Exactly, and if its up, but its the size of the wood, i mean, or the only use the only in certain context and all of that is complicity and applying. It seemed like with the designs, protected by, by the us us, i mean, even try and see okay. Which, which with, for many previously support of to is that enough seems as found in the us. Its only the americans, only the bible and this nation for texting is what im, when it comes with this. And thats, thats the problem. I think thats very problematic, but that is the system we have because there are 5 permanent me