A growing international outcry has erupted over reports that Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza since May, as the territory faces a worsening hunger crisis.
Multiple incidents have seen Israeli troops open fire on crowds gathered at aid distribution points, with dozens killed in single days and many more injured. The United Nations and humanitarian organizations have condemned the attacks, warning that Gaza's last lifelines are collapsing and civilians are dying from bombings, starvation, and thirst. Eyewitnesses and medics describe chaotic and deadly scenes at aid sites, with some victims reportedly holding white flags or being suffocated by gas.
The Israeli military disputes some casualty figures, but the mounting death toll and harrowing accounts have intensified calls for urgent international intervention.
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