At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Food Site, Aid Group Says [View all]

Source: NYT

"Gaza’s health ministry and the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the organization that operates the aid distribution site, reported that at least 20 aid seekers were killed as they waited for food on the outskirts of Khan Younis.CreditCredit...Hatem Khaled/Reuters

There were conflicting reports about the stampede, which started about 6 a.m. Wednesday on the outskirts of Khan Younis, the largest city in southern Gaza.

The Gazan health ministry said that tear gas had been fired into a crowd gathered at the distribution site, causing the stampede. It said 21 people were killed, 15 of whom suffocated.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said that 20 people were killed after armed agitators among a gathering crowd site created a “chaotic and dangerous surge.” Nineteen of the victims were trampled and one was stabbed, the aid organization said in a statement, adding that it was “heartbroken.”



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