Israeli tank fire kills aid seekers in Gaza
Israel's military fired tank shells at crowds of desperate people waiting for aid trucks killing dozens.
That's according to medics and Gaza's health ministry, as many of the at least 200 wounded streamed into Nasser Hospital.
At least two tank shells were fired at the crowds waiting along a main road in Khan Younis, witnesses said.
It was the latest of nearly daily mass deaths of Palestinians seeking aid over the past few weeks.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Local health officials said at least 23 people were killed by Israeli gunfire as they approached a distribution site in Rafah run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Many of those killed have been near such distribution sites, which are guarded by Israeli troops and rejected by the United Nations as "militarized."
In previous incidents, Israel has occasionally acknowledged troops opening fire near aid sites and blamed militants for provoking the violence.
The GHF stated in a media release that it had distributed more than three million meals at its four distribution sites without incident.
U.S. ally Israel's military assault on Gaza has killed nearly 55,000 Palestinians, according to the health ministry, while internally displacing nearly the entire population and causing a hunger crisis.
It has also triggered accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice and of war crimes at the International Criminal Court. Israel denies the accusations.
The war was triggered in October 2023, when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli allies.
