As Israel and Iran traded missile strikes, witnesses said Israeli drones and tanks fired on a large crowd of hungry people in Gaza who were waiting to grab flour off United Nations aid trucks entering from Israel.

Israeli forces killed 40 Palestinians, nearly half of them near a U.S.-supervised aid camp, as they searched for food in Gaza. The attack highlights the ongoing crisis in the area. After months of blockade and destruction,

Palestinians say Israeli forces opened fire on people trying to access a U.S.-backed group's aid distribution hub in Gaza, in the deadliest of such incidents reported to date.