Gaza government’s media office has blamed the international community — specifically the Biden administration — for allowing the “mass killing” of Palestinian civilians, after at least 77 people were killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food aid, Al Jazeera reports.

“We hold the US administration, the international community, the [Israeli] occupation, and international organisations responsible for the killing of civilians in light of their starvation by the [Israeli] occupation,” said a statement.

“We appeal to all the countries of the world, all the Arab and Islamic countries, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, to intervene immediately and urgently in order to put pressure on the [Israeli] occupation to stop the genocidal war against our people in the Gaza Strip.”