Gaza Aid Drivers Demand Probe as IDF Reviews Philadelphi Shooting
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Gaza aid-truck drivers and relatives of Ahmad Nasser Salim demonstrated with Hebrew and English signs after the World Central Kitchen driver was shot by IDF fire near the Philadelphi Corridor. His father said Salim had a Kerem Shalom permit, left his truck because of a fault and was shot while unarmed. The IDF said a driver from another stopped truck ran toward troops after other drivers left vehicles against security procedures; soldiers felt an immediate threat, opened fire, gave initial treatment and transferred him through the Red Cross. The army says the incident is under operational review, a necessary step for preserving aid security and disciplined wartime conduct.
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Sources factually disagree on the shooting circumstances and medical response: Ynet reports the IDF account that a driver from another stopped truck ran toward troops, soldiers felt an immediate threat, opened fire, provided initial treatment and transferred him via the Red Cross; Haaretz reports family and eyewitness accounts that Ahmad Nasser Salim was shot after getting out to repair or help with a truck fault and that a military ambulance did not evacuate him. The agreed facts are that Salim was a World Central Kitchen aid-truck driver shot by IDF fire near Rafah's Philadelphi Corridor, Gaza drivers and relatives protested in Hebrew and English asking for an investigation, and the IDF says the incident is under operational review.
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