Irish Examiner view: Massacre a watershed in savage clash

Palestinians line up for free food in Rafah last Friday, February 23, 2024. Picture: Fatima Shbair/AP

It can be difficult to pick out incidents or events in Gaza which mark an escalation or watershed in an increasingly savage conflict. The news this week that more than 30,000
Palestinians have been killed since October 7 may function as a high-water mark of sorts for some, but it cannot hold a candle to accounts of a massacre yesterday at al-Rashid St.

Hundreds of people had gathered in the area in expectation of aid trucks carrying flour when Israeli troops opened fire on them. Al Jazeera reported 112 people had been killed (at the time of going to press) and several hundred injured, adding that after opening fire Israeli tanks advanced and ran over many of the dead and injured.