Monday, July 21, 2025 -At least 86 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food at locations across Gaza on Sunday.
There was new alarm as Israel’s military issued evacuation orders for parts of central Gaza’s one of the few areas where it has rarely operated with ground troops and where many international organizations trying to distribute aid are located. One group said several offices were told to evacuate immediately. There was no immediate Israeli comment.
The largest death toll was in devastated northern Gaza, where living conditions are especially dire. At least 79 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid entering through the Zikim crossing with Israel, Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Health Ministry records department, told The Associated Press.
The U.N. World Food Program said 25 trucks with aid had entered for “starving communities” when it encountered massive crowds. A U.N. official, said Israeli forces opened fire toward crowds who tried to take food from the convoy. Footage taken by the U.N. and shared with the AP showed Palestinian men running as automatic gunfire was heard.
Israel’s military said soldiers shot at a gathering of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza who posed a threat, and it was aware of some casualties. But it said the numbers reported by officials in Gaza were far higher than its initial investigation found. It accused Hamas militants of creating chaos.
More than 150 people were wounded, some in critical condition, hospitals said.
Officials said another six Palestinians were killed in the Shakoush area, hundreds of yards north of a hub of the recently created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.- and Israel-backed group, in the southern city of Rafah. Witnesses and health workers say several hundred people have been killed by Israeli fire while trying to access the group’s aid distribution sites.
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