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CNN has seen correspondence between the UN and the Israeli military that show the convoys route was agreed upon by both parties prior to the strike. According to an internal incident report compiled by UNRWA, the main UN relief agency in Gaza, which was also seen by CNN, the truck was one of 10 in a convoy sitting stationary at an IDF holding point when it was fired upon.
This contradicts everything CNN stated, beginning with the first sentence in their article: "Israeli forces fired on a United Nations convoy carrying vital food supplies in central Gaza on February 5, before ultimately blocking the trucks from progressing."
As per CNN, who claim to have seen the report, the convoy was not "ultimately blocked" It stopped for a scheduled inspection, and only then it was hit. Apparently, the source and the direction of the fire were not identified in the report. There is no hint of an attempt to identify the projectile that hit the truck, which, judging by the damage shown in the photos of the truck in question, is more consistent with a hand grenade or an explosive charge carried by a commercial drone than any weapons system typical of a naval vessel: it appears that the damage caused by the explosion does not extend beyond a three-foot circumference immediately adjacent to the damaged side of the truck. Seeing that photo, CNN's assertion that "much of its contents mainly wheat flour desperately needed to bake bread were destroyed." sounds more like a tasteless joke than an accurate description. And the onlything in the report that CNN is using to reach its ridiculous conclusion of Israel's culpability is... get ready... " 'naval gunfire was heard, and the truck was hit, the report said.' ". Sorry CNN, this kind of bullshit is not even going to get you out of a jaywalking ticket.
And, even if all of this CNN crap is to be believed on its face and not ever questioned, not a single brilliant CNN editor asked themselves a simple question: how much sense does it make for an Israeli warship to fire a single round of... whatever it was that was fired, into an Israeli checkpoint full of Israeli truck inspectors checking the contents of trucks one of which they are hitting?
Jeez!...