BEIRUT, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants on Friday condemned the "deliberate" killing of "defenseless Palestinian civilians" and the injuring of hundreds of others in Gaza after the Israeli army opened fire at a group of Gazans awaiting humanitarian assistance.

"This attack aims to exterminate the Palestinian people, drive them to despair while weakening the opportunity for a just and comprehensive peace," the ministry said in a statement released on social media platform X.

The ministry called for "establishing an international investigation committee to determine responsibilities and prevent the party responsible for this crime from escaping accountability and punishment."

It also stressed "the need for the international community to adopt unified standards to stop flagrant violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza by taking firm international positions regarding Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law, allowing the immediate and unconditional delivery of humanitarian aid, and achieving a ceasefire to end this absurd war that increases extremism and hatred, and results only in tragedies and woes."

At least 112 Palestinians were killed, and 760 others wounded in an Israeli attack on a crowd gathered to receive humanitarian aid at Al-Rashid Street in the western part of Gaza City on Thursday, according to Ashraf al-Qudra, the spokesman of the Hamas-run Health Ministry.

An Israeli military spokesman claimed that the troops opened fire "in self-defense" after Gazans attacked and looted aid trucks that had entered the Gaza Strip early in the morning. Enditem

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