Israel Denies Alleged ‘Massacre’ of 20+ People Waiting for Food Aid in Gaza

Palestinian officials and the Israeli military have put forward conflicting explanations as to how multiple people were killed in yet another incident while they were waiting for a delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Thursday evening.

According to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, at least 20 people were killed and another 155 were injured when Israeli forces intentionally “targeted” those waiting for the aid convoy at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza City. The Israel Defense Forces has denied the allegation, claiming that “Palestinian gunmen” had been shooting near civilians before the convoy arrived.

The Gazan health ministry said people wounded in the incident had been taken to the Al Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City. It added that medical teams “are unable to deal with the volume and type of injuries arriving” to hospitals in northern Gaza due to staff and medical shortages which have plagued the enclave since the outbreak of war.

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