Dozens feared killed after Israeli tank fires on crowd waiting for aid in Gaza, witnesses say

Dozens were feared dead and scores were wounded Sunday after the Israel Defense Forces opened fire on a group of people receiving food from a collection point in the Gaza Strip, according to hospital officials and witnesses on the ground.
Dozens were feared dead and scores were wounded Sunday after the Israel Defense Forces opened fire on a group of people receiving food from a collection point in the Gaza Strip, according to hospital officials and witnesses on the ground.
The reports were vigorously denied by the organization charged with distributing aid.
Witnesses who spoke to NBC News described chaotic scenes of gunfire at the aid distribution center near Rafah, with one individual who said he saw a tank firing at the crowd. Witnesses who spoke to The Associated Press said Israeli forces had earlier fired on the crowds around 1,000 yards from the aid site.
Mohammed Zaqout, Gaza hospitals director, said at least 31 people were killed in the strike, adding that more than 200 wounded had arrived at Nasser Hospital, 30 of whom were in critical condition.
“Their injuries are direct gunshot to the head, to the chest, to the abdomen,” he added. Israeli officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Zaqout’s description of the dead and wounded.
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