Thousands of desperate Palestinians surrounded trucks delivering humanitarian assistance and food to northern Gaza. IDF says the troops, who at a checkpoint near convoy feared the advancing throng "posed a threat to the troops," and opened fire. Israel says the incident is now "under review."
The Hamas run Gaza Health Ministry says over 100 were killed in the incident.
Unclear what specifically precipitated the shooting or how many were killed by live fire, a resulting stampede or being run over by trucks in the convoy.
But Western Diplomats and Israeli officials have been warning reporters for months now that Gaza could turn into Mogadishu circa 1990 if local civilian authority wasn't reinstated and lawlessness was allowed to run unfettered.
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