More details are emerging around claims Israeli troops opened fire at a crowd surrounding aid trucks.
A man being treated for a gunshot wound at Shifa Hospital told the Associated Press he was among the crowd at the distribution point.
He said Israeli troops opened fire on the crowd, causing it to scatter, with some people hiding under cars.
After the shooting stopped, they went back to the trucks, and the soldiers opened fire again. He was shot in the leg and fell over, and then a truck ran over his leg as it sped off, he said.
Medics arriving at the scene found “dozens or hundreds” lying on the ground, according to Fares Afana, the head of the ambulance service at Kamal Adwan Hospital.
He said there were not enough ambulances to collect all the dead and wounded and that some were being brought to hospitals in donkey carts.
IDF response
An IDF statement read: “Early this morning, during the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the northern Gaza Strip, Gazan residents surrounded the trucks, and looted the supplies being delivered.
“During the incident, dozens of Gazans were injured as a result of pushing and trampling. The incident is under review.”
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