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France calls for ‘independent probe’ into Israeli actions over Gaza aid convoy deaths
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France calls for 'an independent probe' into circumstances in which Israeli troops fired at crowd seeking humanitarian aid
France has called for an independent investigation into the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza who were gathered to receive humanitarian aid on Thursday.
Stéphane Séjourné, the minister for Europe and foreign affairs, told France Inter:
We will ask for explanations, and there will have to be an independent probe to determine what happened. France calls things by their name. This applies when we designate Hamas as a terrorist group, but we must also call things by their name when there are atrocities in Gaza.
AFP reports Séjourné said his country would not apply “double standards”, and said that if an investigation should conclude that the Israeli shooting was a war crime, “then obviously this becomes a matter for the judiciary”.
Israel’s military has denied shooting into large crowds of hungry people and said most were killed in a crush or run over by trucks trying to escape. A spokesperson said Israeli soldiers only fired at a small group that moved away from the trucks and threatened a checkpoint. More than a hundred Palestinians were killed.
More than 100 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid in Gaza City
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