Al-Rashid Street massacre in Gaza (Al-Jazeera)
Location: Gaza, Nabulsi Roundabout, Al-Rashid Street, Time: On the morning of Thursday, February 29, 2024, when the world woke up to a new, horrific and terrifying Israeli massacre against the people of Gaza, in which more than 104 Palestinians were martyred and more than 700 others were injured in a massacre near the Nabulsi Roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip. After the Israeli occupation forces bombed a gathering of citizens waiting to receive aid.
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Many clips and pictures were spread from the site of the massacre committed by the Israeli occupation on Al-Rashid Street in northern Gaza, which showed hundreds of martyrs and wounded in the street with blood covering their bodies.
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The pictures and clips coming from the site of the massacre sparked a state of anger and shock among the audience on social media platforms, who launched several hashtags, including #Al-Rashid_Street_massacre and #Gaza_hungry_massacre.
Bloggers said that the world today woke up to a new horrific and terrifying Israeli massacre against the Palestinian people in Gaza City, and that hundreds of starving citizens gathered near the Nabulsi roundabout awaiting the arrival of aid trucks before the occupation tanks attacked them with artillery shells and live bullets. They described it as a horrific crime that confirms the... The occupation insists on continuing starvation and genocide against the people of Gaza.
150 martyrs in the #Hungry_Gaza massacre now..
The world woke up today to a horrific and terrifying Zionist massacre against our Palestinian people in Gaza City. Today, hundreds of starving citizens gathered near the Nabulsi roundabout awaiting the arrival of aid trucks before the occupation tanks attacked them with artillery shells... pic.twitter.com/8EngloPYu1
- Adham Abu Selmiya 🇵🇸 Adham Abu Selmiya (@adham922) February 29, 2024
Others asked: Have you seen a crime like the occupation?
The occupation transformed the aid truck into a truck of martyrs, describing it as a comprehensive crime and a massacre no less horrific than the Baptist massacre.
Some observers pointed out that the occupation refuses to bring in aid from the Rafah crossing and their excuse is that Hamas does not benefit from it. The truth is that their goal with the airdrop is to cause chaos and fighting among citizens in Gaza and kill the largest number of them by bombing their gatherings while they were waiting for the aid to be dropped, as happened this morning on Al-Rashid Street.
They refuse to bring in aid from the Rafah crossing, and their excuse is so that Hamas does not benefit from it. The truth is that their goal of aerial humiliation is to cause chaos and fighting among Palestinian citizens and kill the largest number of them by bombing their gatherings while they were waiting for the aid to be dropped, as happened this morning on Al-Rashid Street.
- Magdy Oqba (@MAGDIOQBAH1459) February 29, 2024
A comprehensive crime and a massacre no less horrific than the Baptist massacre,
where the occupation forces opened fire this morning on thousands of citizens on their way to receive aid.
More than a thousand casualties were counted, in addition to 150 martyrs, and the number is likely to increase.
#Hungry_Gaza massacre pic.twitter.com/sH6SpusU4E
- Khaled Safi 🇵🇸 Khaled Safi (@KhaledSafi) February 29, 2024
Followers said that after the Al-Rashid Street massacre, the resistance leadership must “stop all forms of negotiations with the enemy.”
As long as death is certain in all circumstances, we must die with courage, not on death rows, as someone described.
After the Rashid Street massacre, the resistance leadership must stop all forms of negotiations with the Nazi enemy.
As long as death is certain in all circumstances, we must die with courage, not on death rows. #Gaza_will_not_starve.
- Oh revolution𓂆🇵🇸Gaza (🔻) (@tawra2001) February 29, 2024
Bloggers commented on the massacre, saying that the Israeli occupation committed it in front of the eyes of the whole world without fear of accountability. They wondered how long the international and Arab silence, especially regarding Israeli crimes, would remain without holding the occupation accountable for the violations and crimes it commits against the people of Palestine and Gaza in particular.
In front of the eyes of the whole world:
They ambushed them in a morsel of bread,
killed them while they were waiting for a loaf,
one hundred and fifty martyrs so far đź’” #Hungry_Gaza massacre pic.twitter.com/5f9zw4Mf1b
- Adham Sharkawi (@adhamsharkawi) February 29, 2024
Tweeters also considered that the Rashid Street massacre represented the occupation's actual response to the International Court of Justice, a month after its decision, and its demand that the Israeli occupation submit a written report on the necessary measures to prevent ethnic cleansing operations in Gaza. The Israeli response came with more mass massacres against civilians in the Strip.
Today's Rashid Street massacre represents the occupation's actual response to the International Court of Justice, a month after its decision, and its demand that the Israeli occupation submit a written report on the necessary measures to prevent ethnic cleansing operations in Gaza. The Israeli response came with more mass massacres against civilians in Gaza.
- Fawzy Barhoom (@Fawzybarhoom1) February 29, 2024
Al-Rashid Street is the main road west of the Gaza Strip and is located on the Mediterranean coast.
Al-Nabulsi Roundabout, Al-Rashid Street, Gaza - Google Maps
Source: Al Jazeera + social networking sites