More than 100 killed as Israeli troops accused of opening fire on Gazans crowded around aid convoy
Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians hoping to get food from aid trucks in Gaza. At least 112 people were killed and more than 769 injured.
KEREM SHALOM, Israel — Israeli forces are accused of opening fire Thursday on a crowd of Palestinians who were hoping to get food from aid trucks in Gaza City. At least 112 people were killed and more than 769 injured, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
The Israeli military confirmed that its forces used live fire in one of what it said were two incidents, which came as the death toll in Gaza surpassed 30,000 and amid surging fears of starvation in the north of the territory. But a different military spokesman later denied that they fired on people seeking aid.
Israeli officials disputed the number of dead but did not say how many had died and said many had been killed by stampeding crowds or run over by aid trucks.
More than 100 people were killed and over 700 injured in an overnight attack on a crowd of Palestinians rushing an aid convoy. AFP - Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden said the loss of life would complicate talks aimed at securing a cease-fire and the release of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.
“I know it will,” he told reporters on the White House lawn when he was asked about the incident, adding that the United States was still trying to determine what happened.
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