Over 100 Palestinians killed in Gaza, Israel blames stampede to get aid

More than 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured in the Gaza Strip early Thursday, Hamas-affiliated health officials said — which Israel blamed on a massive stampede of people desperately clamoring for aid.

About 104 people were killed while waiting for aid at the al-Nabusi roundabout to the west of Gaza City, Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra said, accusing Israeli troops of opening fire.

“There were so many dead and wounded that medics were overwhelmed and could not cope with the severity of their injuries,” he said.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari rejected the narrative, claiming Israeli troops only fired warning shots in an attempt to disperse the mob of “thousands” who rushed the aid trucks and “began violently pushing and trampling other Gazans to death, looting the humanitarian supplies.”