Israel Defense Forces: Hamas is behind attack on civilian evacuation convoy

Hamas is behind the attack on a civilian evacuation convoy, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, told FT, Report informs.

Just a day after Israel ordered 1.1 mn civilians to leave northern Gaza, two blasts on Friday destroyed multiple cars driving along one of the enclave’s main roads south.

Videos of the aftermath verified by the Financial Times show 12 bodies of men, women and children in Salah-ad-Din street, which Israel later designated a “safe route”. One of the explosions rocks an ambulance as it attempts to leave the scene with some of the injured.

Hamas pinned blame on Israel for striking a civilian convoy, claiming the attack killed more than 70 people and injured 200. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus denied the allegations, telling the Financial Times the IDF didn’t “strike any location”. “Hamas is behind this, is using the death of Palestinian civilians for its vile political purposes.”