At least 51 Palestinians killed in Gaza waiting for food trucks, says health ministry
by Associated Press in Cairo from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y1FB)
Hundreds of others wounded as they waited for UN and commercial trucks with supplies, according to Gaza officials
At least 51 Palestinians have been killed and more than 200 wounded while waiting for UN and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza's health ministry and a local hospital.
Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a nearby home before opening fire toward the crowd in the southern city of Khan Younis on Tuesday morning. The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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