IDF says troops fired ‘warning shots’ as mob rushed aid convoy, leading to more than 100 killed

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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) says it fired "warning shots" at a mob of Palestinians who rushed a humanitarian aid convoy early Thursday, resulting in more than 100 killed in the chaos.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said a convoy of 38 trucks came from Egypt and entered Gaza to distribute humanitarian supplies to Gazans in need. He said "thousands" descended on the trucks, with some violent pushing and trampling other Gazans to death, "looting the humanitarian supplies."

"The unfortunate incident resulted in dozens of Gazans killed or injured," he said, adding that the tank commander decided to retreat when "things got out of hand."

Hagari insisted that "no IDF strike was conducted towards the aid convoy."

"On the contrary, the IDF was there conducting a humanitarian operation to secure the humanitarian corridor and allow the aid convoy to reach its designated distribution point."

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More than 100 people were ultimately killed and more than 700 others were injured in the chaos, bringing the number of dead since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000 with another 70,000 wounded, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry. The agency does not differentiate between