NPR | Sunday, July 20, 2025 
Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say

At least 94 Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities and hospital morgue officials, in one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance. The deadliest incident occurred in northern Gaza, near the Israeli border area of Zikim, where at least 81 Palestinians were killed as they tried to grab sacks of flour for bread from U.N. World Food Programme trucks entering from Israel. The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli military forces had “targeted civilians waiting for humanitarian aid” north of Beit Lahia. The organization said a Gaza City field hospital it operates had received 95 people with injuries, some of whom were in critical condition. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said its troops encountered thousands of Palestinians gathered in northern Gaza and “fired warning shots in order to remove an immediate threat posed to them.” The Israeli military said it was examining the incident but that an “initial review suggests that the number of casualties reported does not align with the information held by the IDF.” Since May, the WFP has been delivering food aid to Gaza in a separate program from the U.S. and Israeli-backed food distribution system. Many of the WFP aid trucks have been looted by armed gangs and hungry crowds as they enter Gaza. In a statement, the WFP said its 25-truck convoy had been released from checkpoints to enter Gaza Sunday morning when it encountered massive crowds of “hungry civilians” and then came under fire…Read more