Saudis, UAE Join Condemnation of Israel After Gaza Deaths
- Israel will investigate but says it didn’t fire on crowds
- Biden says incident may set back cease-fire, hostage talks
A woman sits among Palestinians at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on Feb. 29.
Photographer: AFP/Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates joined a growing wave of condemnation of Israel after dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured on Thursday in an outbreak of violence in Gaza.
Israel’s army opened fire near a convoy of trucks trying to take food to northern Gaza. But it denied shooting at people, saying most of the victims were trampled or hit as the vehicles sought to escape the early-morning chaos when crowds converged on them.