The incident happened as Israel and Hamas traded blame for the faltering mediation bid to secure a temporary ceasefire.

At least 31 people have been killed and more than 170 wounded as large crowds were on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, health officials and witnesses said.Witnesses said Israeli forces fired towards the crowds just before about 1,

Hijazi described what he called 15 minutes of terror Thursday at the center run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the private contractor that Israel says will replace the U.N. in feeding Gaza’s more than 2 million people.