Gaza Civil Defence Says 20 Killed as Aid Truck Overturns
GAZA STRIP, AUG 6 – Twenty people died when a humanitarian aid truck overturned on a crowd amid unsafe road conditions caused by prior bombings, Gaza's civil defence agency reported.
- On Wednesday, Gaza's civil defence agency reported 20 people were killed when an aid truck overturned near the Nuseirat refugee camp.
- Amid damaged infrastructure, Hamas's media office said `Israel forced the truck onto unsafe, recently bombed roads` near Nuseirat refugee camp.
- According to Hamas's media office, `Twenty people were killed and dozens injured around midnight last night in a truck carrying aid overturned... while hundreds of civilians were waiting for aid`.
- Amid the aid truck incident, the Israeli cabinet will convene later this week, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to meet Defence Minister Israel Katz and Military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.
- In parallel, the United Nations warned `There is no military solution to the conflict in Gaza or the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict` and called for a ceasefire.
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Aid trucks overturn in Gaza, killing 20 amid chaos
At least 20 people were killed and over 30 injured in central Gaza on Tuesday when four aid trucks overturned on a crowd near Deir al-Balah, according to the Hamas-run civil defence agency. Local journalists said people had rushed the vehicles carrying basic supplies. As the crowd climbed onto the trucks, the drivers reportedly lost control, causing the vehicles to overturn. The incident occurred in an area under Israeli military control where r…
Twenty Palestinians killed in Gaza after aid truck flipped, Hamas says
According to eyewitnesses and the wounded, the truck driver lost control after the vehicle's tires caught on fire, causing it to swerve and ram into dozens of civilians seeking humanitarian aid


The truck spilled while hundreds of civilians were waiting for food aid in the area of Noisseirat, in the central Gaza Strip.
Local authorities accuse Israel of forcing the truck to take "dangerous" roads, which had previously been bombed.
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