The Flour Massacre

29 February 2024

At least 118 Palestinians were killed and 760 injured after Israeli forces opened fire while they were seeking food from aid trucks on the coastal Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City. In the early hours of Thursday morning, as thousands of malnourished Palestinians tried to claw their way to some food, the soldiers opened fire. According to Al Jazeera’s Ismail al-Ghoul, who was at the scene, the firing took place in two bursts, the first as people seized the goods and the second when the crowd returned to the trucks.