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2024-03-04 18:25:17 UTC - HELPFUL
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Witnesses said the stampede was caused by the IDF shooting https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/flour-massacre-how-gaza-food-killings-unfolded-and-israels-story-changed Many of the wounded had been shot https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/29/middleeast/gaza-food-truck-deaths-israel-wwk-intl/index.html Some in the leg https://m.thewire.in/article/world/at-least-104-palestinians-killed-while-waiting-for-food-aid-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/29/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-hamas-war-latest-today-gaza-death-toll-hamas-health-ministry The IDF shoots to wound, often causing permanent disability https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/shoot-maim-how-israel-created-generation-crutches-gaza https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-04-27/ty-article/.premium/idf-troops-shot-a-gaza-journalists-legs-and-they-didnt-stop-there/0000017f-dedd-d856-a37f-ffdde9050000 https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-gaza-disabled-20180608-htmlstory.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/04/gaza-strip-protesters-received-bullet-wounds-to-ankles-medics-report https://apnews.com/article/6035b1d3293c4a298145afbff50ab844 The IDF eventually said they fired at civilians to protect themselves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Rashid_humanitarian_aid_incident https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-gazans-said-killed-in-stampede-for-aid-idf-opens-fire-blamed-for-deaths/ Refs https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240301-flour-massacre-aid-delivery-turns-deadly-in-gaza-as-un-warns-of-inevitable-famine https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240301-injured-survivors-of-gaza-aid-chaos-say-israeli-forces-shot-at-them/ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/strike-palestinians-waiting-aid-gaza-kills-wounds-dozens-107666428
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