Israeli shellfire kills at least 51 and wounding many more awaiting food aid

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Israeli tank shellfire killed at least 51 Palestinians and wounded many more on Tuesday (June 17) as they awaited aid trucks in Khan Younis, according to the Gazan health ministry.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The death toll from heavy shelling by Israeli forces in Khan Yunus on Tuesday has risen

00:09to 51.

00:10The Gazan Health Ministry said many more were wounded during the incident that happened

00:14on the main Eastern road in Khan Yunus.

00:22Survivors said Israeli tanks fired at the crowd awaiting food aid from trucks.

00:25The ministry said emergency facilities, intensive care units, and operations

00:55operating theaters at the Nasser Hospital are severely overcrowded due to the large number

01:00of casualties and injured victims.

01:03The war in Gaza erupted 20 months ago after Hamas stormed into southern Israel, taking

01:10251 hostages and killing 1,200 people.

01:16Israel's military campaign has since killed nearly 55,000 Palestinians and bombarded many

01:21buildings and infrastructure, displacing more than 2 million people.

01:25Meanwhile, residents living in Gaza City supported Iran's offensives in Israel over the past few

01:30days after Israeli forces destroyed the Iranian regime's nuclear weapon facilities and took

01:37out several key figures and nuclear scientists in the regime.

01:41The

01:56Iranian authorities have reported two

02:02Iranian authorities have reported 224 deaths, while Israel said 24 of its civilians had

02:17been killed.

02:18The intense fighting between the two countries has forced thousands of people to evacuate

02:23as the situation in the Middle East escalates.

02:32Thank you very much.

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