More than 100 people were killed in northern Gaza where Israeli troops opened fire Thursday, triggering panic as hungry Palestinian civilians were gathering around food aid trucks, Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses said.
CNN is unable to independently confirm the death toll, and the Israeli military has given a different account of the circumstances.
People had swarmed around the newly arrived aid trucks when Israeli forces started shooting, according to witnesses.
As the aid trucks tried to escape the area, others were accidentally rammed, causing further deaths and injuries, an eyewitness told CNN.
Israeli government spokesperson Avi Hyman also told reporters the incident was "obviously a tragedy, but we're not sure of the specifics quite yet."
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