It is potentially the deadliest of the almost daily shootings that have been taking place recently near aid distribution sites.

At least 51 Palestinians were killed and over 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and a local hospital.

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,