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At least 59 Palestinians killed as Israeli tanks accused of shelling crowd gathered at aid delivery site

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Israeli forces killed dozens of starving Palestinians waiting for food rations arriving in a UN convoy in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, local health officials said.

At least 59 people were killed when Israeli tanks fired two shells at a crowd of thousands gathered on the main eastern road through Khan Younis, according to Palestinian health officials and doctors at a Gaza hospital.