‘Barbaric’: Palestinian lorry drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy

‘Barbaric’: Palestinian lorry drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy

Israeli soldiers escorting convoy accused of doing nothing to stop widely condemned incident

Palestinian lorry drivers delivering aid to Gaza have described “barbaric” scenes after their vehicles were blocked and vandalised by Israeli settlers, preventing humanitarian supplies reaching the territory where much of the population face imminent starvation.

Drivers and contractors who were targeted on Monday at the Tarqumiya checkpoint in the occupied West Bank also said Israeli soldiers escorting the convoy did nothing to stop the attack.

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