from Daily Sabah
At least 50 people were killed and dozens more wounded Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire on crowds heading to an aid distribution point in Gaza, roughly a kilometer from a site run by an Israeli-backed foundation, according to Palestinian media and multiple witnesses.
The army released a brief statement saying it was "currently unaware of injuries caused by (Israeli military) fire within the Humanitarian Aid distribution site. The matter is still under review."
The foundation said in a statement that it delivered aid "without incident" early Sunday and has denied previous accounts of chaos and gunfire around its sites, which are in Israeli military zones where independent access is limited.
Earlier, Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Gaza Health Ministry’s records department, said at least 25 people were killed, including two women.
Hours earlier, officials at a nearby field hospital run by the Red Cross said that at least 21 people were killed and another 175 were wounded, without saying who opened fire on them. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
An Associated Press reporter saw dozens of wounded people being treated at the hospital.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) distribution of aid has been marred by chaos, and multiple witnesses have said Israeli troops fired on crowds near the delivery sites. Before Sunday, at least six people had been killed and more than 50 wounded, according to local health officials...
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