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A wounded Palestinian receives medical treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid trucks on Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, Gaza, February 29. Dawood Abo Alkas/Anadolu/Getty Images

The UN Security Council has expressed “deep concern” over a devastating incident that killed more than 100 Palestinians seeking help in northern Gaza on Thursday, while acknowledging that an Israeli investigation is ongoing.

“Council members express deep concern over reports that more than 100 people lost their lives and several hundred more were injured, including those injured by gunshot, as UN-OCHA observed, Aid centers in an incident involving Israeli forces at a large gathering around a humanitarian event. convoy south-west of Gaza City,” the Security Council said in a statement this Saturday.

“Council members note that the Israeli investigation is ongoing,” he said.

This Thursday, the day of the incident, Security Council members could not agree on a statement due to the objections of the United States.

The statement issued on Saturday said Security Council members “will strive to permit, facilitate and enable the immediate, rapid, safe, sustained and unhindered delivery of large-scale humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.” We reiterate our demand from the parties.” Band.”

“Council members called for keeping border crossings open for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza from Israel, facilitating the opening of additional crossings to meet large-scale humanitarian needs, and facilitating the rapid delivery of relief goods to people throughout Gaza. And urged to support safe delivery. Get naked,” the statement said.

slaughterhouseAt least 118 people were killed and 760 wounded when Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinian civilians gathered around food aid trucks on Thursday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.

CNN cannot independently verify these figures.

Israel’s military has denied that account and said it fired warning shots to disperse the crowd.

On Friday, a spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, citing a UN team visiting the hospital where survivors were taken, said many of the injured civilians had suffered gunshot wounds.

“What they saw, in terms of the patients who survived and received treatment, was a large number of gunshot wounds,” said Stéphane Dujarric.

Following the incident, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said an independent and effective investigation was needed.