Dr. Ahmed Abu Suede is matter of fact and precise when he describes what he saw Tuesday in a voice memo to NPR.

Another mass casualty event, the third I've seen in the last three days, at Almasa Hospital,

the last fully or partially functioning hospital.

He's an emergency physician visiting Gaza from Australia, and here we'll note that his brief account includes graphic details.

In his voice memo, he lists the number of fatalities and injured, the types of patients.

I myself saw many children today, three of whom were dead on arrival.

He describes the injuries.

And what I've seen today is bullet wounds of the head, the neck, and the chest. And we know this

because we pulled the bullets out. There's one point that he pauses on. He wants it to sink in,

he says. I want to emphasize that point. These were children looking to get food, and they were

fired upon. The International Committee of the Red Cross says at least 27 people were killed near a food

distribution site in southern Gaza after Israeli troops opened fire.

David Menser, a spokesman in the Israeli Prime Minister's office, said that several

individuals were, quote, deviating from the approved access route.

Now, our troops diligently issued warning shots.

And as some of the suspects continued, despite these warning shots, advancing towards the troops,

in a threatening manner, further fire was directed near these specific individuals.

He said the Israeli military was aware of reports of casualties and is reviewing the incident.

There have been three such shootings in three days. NPR spoke to two eyewitnesses who said they were in a crowd heading toward a food distribution site

on Sunday when Israeli troops fired at them.

Menser, the spokesman, called the allegations false and baseless.

The IDF's initial investigation confirms that serious accusations made on Sunday in so much of the media.

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