TEHRAN - The United States’ complicity in Israel’s cold-blooded savagery against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip once again came to light following the regime’s latest brutal strikes in the besieged territory.

The Israeli army perpetrated another heinous massacre in central Gaza on Saturday as it carried out a massive air and ground raid to rescue four captives held in the Nuseirat refugee camp. 

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, more than 270 Palestinians were killed and around 700 others wounded in the Israeli air which led to the release of the captives. 

According to American media, the US intelligence helped Israel carry out the assaults.

CNN cited a US official as saying that an American cell in Israel supported the Israeli raid. 

The US has denied reports that its military participated in the Israeli deadly military operation in Nuseirat. 

However, the implementation of the brutal raid has turned the spotlight on Washington’s direct role. 

Israeli ground troops hid inside a truck used for the delivery of humanitarian aid to infiltrate the Nuseirat refugee camp, that is according to footage obtained by the Doha-based news network, Al Jazeera. It shows Israeli armored tanks accompanying the truck. 
Israeli media have also acknowledged that the regime committed the appalling atrocity in Nuseirat via using an aid truck. 

“Israeli forces, including Shin Bet and the Israel Police special counterterrorism unit, Yamam, utilized a furniture delivery truck as cover to infiltrate the area near Al-Awda Hospital,” Israel Hayom reported. 

A Palestinian man who survived the Israeli carnage in the refugee camp has explained that Israeli forces indiscriminately opened fire on people in disguise of humanitarian relief workers. 

“A truck arrived carrying humanitarian aid and clothes, and suddenly 10 soldiers got out and shot me, once in the chest and twice in the feet. The artillery shelling started, and I saw dozens of citizens on the ground, including people with their heads cut off,” he said. 

The Palestinian man added, “The truck came from the American port that the occupation established in the Gaza Sea.” 

Port ploy 

Israel has largely restricted the entry of food, water, medicines and other supplies since declaring war on Gaza on October 7 which was followed by Hamas’ surprise military operation in southern Israel dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.

Israel has also killed Palestinians who seek aid in Gaza. On February 29, Israeli forces massacred more than 100 Palestinians in a Gaza City neighborhood who were waiting for deliveries of food from a limited number of aid trucks that had been allowed to enter the territory. 

The US, which was under growing pressure over its unwavering support for Israel, tried to launch a charm offensive with Palestinians by beginning to airdrop food into Gaza. 

But aid organizations described the US move as inefficient and a publicity stunt. 

In March, Biden also announced the construction of a temporary pier on Gaza’s coastline to allow humanitarian aid to enter the territory.  

The building of the port raised suspicions about Washington’s ulterior motives.

This is because it is crystal clear that transporting aid by sea and airdrops are a poor substitute for deliveries by land. 

In March, the Tehran Times revealed that the US wants to use the Gaza port as a military base.  The newspaper also said at that time that Washington wanted to provide increasing military support for Israel under the disguise of involvement in humanitarian aid operations. 

The Saturday massacre in Nuseirat exposed the US hypocrisy. The Biden administration tried to pull the wool over the eyes of those who accused the US of inaction in the face of Israel’s policy to starve Palestinians. But, Israel’s use of the port to perpetrate the massacre in Nuseirat showed that the US is working hand in glove with Israel and does not hesitate to feed the regime’s war machine. 

In fact, the aid truck that left the US-built port, acted as a Trojan Horse for Israel to massacre Palestinians. 

US lying through its teeth

Unsurprisingly, the US tried to play the victim and spoke with a forked tongue.

The US Central Command, which is responsible for American troops in West Asia, said the Gaza aid pier played no role in Israel’s strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp.  

“The humanitarian pier facility, including its equipment, personnel, and assets were not used in the operation to rescue hostages today in Gaza,” CENTCOM said. 

It added, “Any such claim to the contrary is false. The temporary pier on the coast of Gaza was put in place for one purpose only, to help move additional, urgently needed lifesaving assistance into Gaza.”

US media have recently revealed that Israel has used American bombs in strikes on residential areas in Gaza which has sparked a global backlash. 

The death toll from Israel’s onslaught on Gaza has surpassed 37,000. Undoubtedly, the US is complicit for Israel’s war of genocide as it continues to provide the regime with unwavering political and military support.