At least 50 Palestinians who had been waiting for food aid in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis were killed by Israel Defense Forces weapon fire, with dozens more seriously wounded, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday.

The toll was the deadliest yet in the near-daily shootings that have taken place as thousands of Palestinians move through Israeli military-controlled areas to reach the food…

Incident took place as people waited for UN and commercial trucks to enter the territory with aid supplies