another example of 'our most moral democracy' in the mid east acting as they do;

Nearly every story coming out of Gaza in the last seven months has been tragic, but one of the most heartbreaking is the Flour Massacre, the name given to the February 29 incident that left 118 Palestinians dead and 760 injured at the hands of Israeli soldiers as they clamored to receive a delivery of food aid on al-Rashid Street in Gaza City.

It is one of the deadliest mass casualty events Gaza has seen since the war broke out following Hamas’s October 7 terror attack on Israel. There have been conflicting reports of the events, with Gazan health authorities blaming the IDF and the Israeli military saying most people died in a stampede and that they only opened fire in self-defense as Palestinians approached their tanks at a checkpoint.

However, an analysis by CNN shows that Israel is not as innocent as they claim. In fact, after viewing dozens of videos from the event and testimony provided by eyewitnesses as well as forensic and ballistic experts, they have concluded that the timeline of the events provided by Israel is false.

The timeline was released by the IDF on March 8 following an internal investigation. They reported that their tanks escorted an aid convoy into northern Gaza at 4:29am, and they fired “warning shots” to the east to help break up the crowds before firing at people they believed were posing a threat. They then fired more warning shots at 4:45am.

CNN, however, has determined that the automatic gunfire actually started before the IDF claims the convoy went through the checkpoint. They also concluded that shots were fired in close range of the throngs of starving Palestinians who were convening in hopes of receiving sacks of flour at the Al-Nabulsi Roundabout.

One witness at the scene confirmed that the “chaos and confusion that led to people being hit by the trucks only started once Israeli soldiers began shooting.”.........more..........