Military spokesman Brigadier Normal Effie Defrin mentioned in a televised assertion that the “suspects… had been approaching in a method that endangered… the security of the troopers”.
“The incident is being investigated”, he added.
The ICRC mentioned Tuesday’s capturing prompted “the very best variety of weapon-wounded sufferers obtained in a single incident” for the reason that subject hospital opened greater than a yr in the past.
“The unprecedented scale and frequency of latest mass casualty incidents handled on the subject hospital is deeply worrying and illustrates the harrowing actuality that civilians in Gaza are being compelled to endure,” it added.
The same capturing incident occurred close to the identical assist centre on Sunday, when rescuers reported 31 killed by Israeli gunfire and a navy supply acknowledged “warning pictures had been fired in the direction of a number of suspects”.
The ICRC had mentioned it obtained 179 sufferers that day, together with a minimum of 21 who had been pronounced useless.
