00:00In Gaza, health authorities run by Hamas say that 88 people have been killed by Israeli gunfire
00:06across the territory. In the worst single incident, a UN aid convoy in northern Gaza was met by what
00:13it called a massive crowd of hungry civilians, who the UN says were shot at. The Israeli military
00:20said soldiers had fired warning shots to remove an immediate threat, and it disputed the claim
00:25that 67 Palestinians had been killed. If correct, that figure would mark this as one of the
00:32bloodiest incidents yet in repeated violence as Palestinians search for food for their families.
00:38The BBC, like other international news organisations, is prevented from reporting from inside Gaza
00:43by Israel. So Yolande Nel sent this report from Jerusalem, and a warning, there are distressing
00:49images in her report.
00:54Weak and hungry, but in the dangerous wasteland of northern Gaza, these men returned triumphant
01:01today, with sacks of flour from the UN to feed their families.
01:07Tell the world, this man says, we got this flour by risking our lives, our blood.
01:14Dozens lost their lives, and even more were rushed in wounded to this Gaza city hospital.
01:20Short on all medical supplies, doctors called the scenes catastrophic.
01:25Witnesses described Israeli forces opening fire.
01:28We saw the trucks approaching, so we moved towards them. They started shooting. We raised our
01:34hands like this, says Mohye Zutouna. We were running and signalling that we had nothing,
01:39that we were peaceful. Then they started shooting at us. The latest bloodshed added to UN figures
01:46brings the number of Palestinians reportedly killed waiting for aid over the past two months
01:51to around 1,000. Israel's military says that in the latest incident, its soldiers felt threatened
01:59by a large crowd and fired warning shots. Further south, new evacuation orders from the army panicked
02:07tens of thousands of Palestinians around the city of Dirabalakh. Soon, people here began to flee,
02:14fearing that Israeli ground troops could now be preparing to enter this area for the first time
02:19in the war. They threw leaflets at us, and we don't know where we're going, says Adi Abu Qanis.
02:27We don't have shelter or anything. Holding up empty pots and dishes, Gazans want their desperation heard.
02:35Most are displaced and surviving on one meal a day, if that. Malnutrition is rising.
02:42We want the war to end and the crossings to open. We want the Palestinian people to live a normal life.
02:50We want food and water to be brought in. But for now, the handouts remain pitifully small,
02:56and there's still no breakthrough in indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on the truce and hostage
03:02release deal, which so many are hoping for. Yolande Nel, BBC News, Jerusalem.
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