(16 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jerusalem – 16 May 2024
1. Wide tracking shot of soldiers carrying coffin of Captain Roy Beit Yaakov, killed in northern Gaza, wrapped with Israeli flag
2. Pan of mourners
3. Tracking shot of soldiers carrying coffin of Captain Roy Beit Yaakov wrapped with Israeli flag
4. Mid of mourners
5. Wide of soldiers carrying coffin
6. Wide of mourners
7. Wide of family of Captain Roy Beit Yaakov reciting Kaddish
8. Various of funeral
STORYLINE:
Mourners gathered for a funeral Thursday for one of five soldiers killed in northern Gaza which Israeli media said was the result of a friendly fire incident.
The military released the names of those killed, but did not immediately disclose the circumstances of their deaths.
Israeli Army Radio said a tank fired on a building housing the soldiers, killing five and wounding seven.
There have been multiple friendly-fire incidents throughout the 7-month-long war.
At least 27 soldiers have been killed in mistaken fire by Israeli forces, according to military figures.
The incident comes as Israel has reinvaded parts of northern Gaza that it previously said it had asserted control over.
Heavy battles have taken place with militants in recent days and rocket fire toward Israel has increased, suggesting Hamas is regrouping in those areas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced criticism from Israel’s top ally, the U.S., as well as at home for not moving toward a postwar vision for Gaza that would replace Hamas with different Palestinian governance.
Along with the fighting in northern Gaza, Israeli troops have also pushed into parts of the southernmost Gaza city of Rafah.
Around 600,000 Palestinians have been driven out of Rafah since the beginning of last week, the U.N. said. In northern Gaza, Israeli evacuation orders have displaced at least 100,000 people so far.
Some 80% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes since the start of the war, with many relocating multiple times.
No food has entered the two main border crossings in southern Gaza for more than a week.
Some 1.1 million Palestinians are on the brink of starvation, according to the U.N, while a “full-blown famine” is taking place in the north of the territory.
The war began with a Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7 in which Palestinian militants killed around 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says over 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war, without distinguishing between civilians and combatants in its count.
AP video shot by Alon Bernstein
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