Dozens Dead Amid Violence, Shooting Around Gaza City Aid Trucks
- Hospital officials blame the deaths on Israeli forces
- Israel says its forces didn’t fire on convoy, blames looters
Injured palestinians on the floor at Shifa Hospital following violence near an aid convoy in Gaza on Feb. 29.
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Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured on Thursday during an outbreak of violence in which Israeli troops opened fire near a convoy of food trucks attempting to deliver humanitarian aid in northern Gaza.
Israel denied its forces shot at the crowd, saying most of the victims were trampled or hit as the trucks sought to escape the early-morning chaos. But it said the events were under review. The Associated Press cited doctors and other witnesses who reported numerous gunshot wounds among the dead and injured.