Dozens of Palestinians killed while waiting for food trucks in Gaza

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

At least 51 Palestinians have been killed and more than 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip 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 told the Associated Press that Israeli forces carried out an air strike on a nearby home before opening fire towards the crowd in the southern city of Khan Younis.