At least 20 Palestinians die in stampede at food distribution centre

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 41 others, including 11 children, according to hospital officials.

Boxes and bags of humanitarian aid are being delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

At least 20 Palestinians have been killed at a food distribution centre run by an Israeli-backed American organisation in the Gaza Strip, mostly from being trampled, the group said.

They were the first deaths reported at one of the group’s sites although hundreds have been killed by Israeli forces on the roads leading to them, according to witnesses and health officials.