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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/29/israel-gaza-aid-convoy-toll-hunger/
Aid Delivery in Gaza Turns Deadly
(Washington Post) Miriam Berger - More than 100 people were killed Thursday, Gazan health officials said, after a crowd converged on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza City. Israeli officials blamed the casualties on a stampede. Nir Dinar, head of the IDF's international press department, said there was "no IDF involvement" in the "mass casualty" event. He said IDF troops on one end of the convoy did fire at people who approached Israeli forces in a threatening manner, but he said the deaths occurred as the result of a crush at the other end of the convoy. IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said Thursday, "We have been conducting a humanitarian operation of this kind for the last four nights without any problem. This was the first night that we had this kind of event."