Israel faces mounting pressure to investigate Gaza food aid deaths

Calls for independent inquiry as UN team visiting the wounded in Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital report seeing large number of gunshot wounds'

Israel is facing growing international pressure for an investigation after more than 100 Palestinians in Gaza were killed when desperate crowds gathered around aid trucks and Israeli troops opened fire on Thursday.

Israel said people died in a crush or were run over by aid lorries although it admitted its troops had opened fire on what it called a mob". But the head of a hospital in Gaza said 80% of injured people brought in had gunshot wounds.