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The Israeli military said on Friday that its troops did fire on civilians collecting aid packages on Al-Rashid Street last month in which 112 Palestinians died and hundreds more injured in what was dubbed the ‘Flour Massacre’. An internal ‘command review’ conducted by the military regarding the incident with its troops in northern Gaza on 29 February revealed that soldiers “did fire at a number of suspects,” claiming that civilians who approached their forces “posed a threat to them”. Thousands of Palestinians had gathered in the early morning to wait for several trucks bringing bags of flour …

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