At least 20 killed, 155 wounded in shelling while waiting for food aid, Gaza health ministry says. Israel denies attack

CNN:

Gaza’s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed and 155 wounded by Israeli shelling as they waited for aid on Thursday, as desperate Palestinians increasingly face deadly violence in their search for food.

Israel’s military has denied being behind the attack and said it was assessing the incident.

The death toll is expected to rise as casualties are still being transferred to the hospital, according to Mohammad Ghrab, a doctor at the emergency unit at Al Shifa Hospital. Earlier, a witness on the scene said dozens of people had died.

Graphic footage from the immediate aftermath of the scene filed by an eyewitness showed multiple bodies with traumatic injuries as well as pools of blood on a street strewn with rubble and dust.

The health ministry said the incident was “a result of the Israeli occupation forces targeting a gathering of citizens waiting for humanitarian aid to satisfy their thirst at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza.”

“Medical teams are unable to deal with the volume and type of injuries reaching hospitals in northern Gaza due to weak medical and human capabilities,” the ministry said.