At least 51 people were killed and more than 200 others injured by Israeli fire as they waited for aid trucks to arrive in Khan Younis in southern Gaza early Tuesday morning, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

Israeli forces killed 40 Palestinians, nearly half of them near a U.S.-supervised aid camp, as they searched for food in Gaza. The attack highlights the ongoing crisis in the area. After months of blockade and destruction,

Palestinians say Israeli forces opened fire on people trying to access a U.S.-backed group's aid distribution hub in Gaza, in the deadliest of such incidents reported to date.