At least 73 in Gaza killed while seeking aid, Israel orders evacuations
The largest toll was in northern Gaza, where at least 67 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid entering northern Gaza through the Zikim crossing with
Israel , according to the ministry and local hospitals.
More than 150 people were wounded, with some of them in critical condition, hospitals said.
It was not immediately clear whether they were killed by the Israeli army or armed gangs, or both. But some witnesses said that the Israeli military shot at the crowd.
The killings in northern Gaza did not take place near aid distribution points associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Fund, or GHF, a US- and Israel-backed group that hands out food packages to Palestinians. Witnesses and health workers say hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli fire while trying to access the group's distribution sites.
The Israeli military did not immediately make any comment on Sunday's killings.
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