At least 115 Palestinians were killed in an attack Thursday as they scrambled for aid from a convoy, Gaza’s health ministry said. Israel said many were trampled in a chaotic crush for the food
Aid is air-dropped over Gaza, amid the ongoing the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, March 1, 2024.U.S. military C-130 cargo planes on Saturday dropped food in pallets over Gaza, three U.S. officials said, in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized byafter more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops.
At least 115 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded in the Thursday attack as they scrambled for aid, the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said. Israel says many of the dead were trampled in a chaotic crush for the food aid, and its troops fired warning shots after the crowd moved toward them in a threatening way.
A C-130 can airlift as much as 42,000 pounds of cargo and its crews know how to rig the cargo, which sometimes can include even vehicles, onto massive pallets that can be safely dropped out of the back of the aircraft.
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