A stampede at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians on Wednesday.

Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly from being trampled, the group said. They were the first deaths reported at one of the Gaza Humanitarian Fund sites,

Turkey has conveyed its views regarding Israel's air strikes on Syria to Israeli authorities via its intelligence agency, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday, adding Ankara was also in close contact with regional powers and the U.

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed 22 people in Gaza City, including 11 children and three women, and 19 others in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said it has struck more than 120 targets in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, including Hamas military infrastructure of tunnels and weapons storage facilities.

An Israeli strike last week outside a health clinic that killed at least 15 people reignited long-standing concerns around the IDF's approach to proportionality.

The Israeli military says it targets only militants and tries to avoid harming civilians and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because the militants operate in densely populated areas.

Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday killed more than 90 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including several families.

Famine looms in Gaza and strikes kill at least 30 Palestinians, but EU states remain divided over how to tackle Israel.

Verified video footage from the strike in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip showed the bodies of women and children lying in pools of blood amid dust and screaming.

The Israeli military said that a “technical error” had caused a munition — intended for an Islamic Jihad militant — to land dozens of meters from its target.