World Health Organisation officials have said that it had received reports of a mass casualty incident that affected people waiting for food supplies, saying that initial reports point to at least 20 fatalities, Reuters reports.

“This is again the result of another food distribution initiative,” said Thanos Gargavanis, WHO trauma surgeon and emergency officer, without giving further details.

Earlier today, the territory’s health ministry said that Israeli tank shellfire killed at least 51 Palestinians as they awaited aid trucks in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

“There’s a constant correlation with the positions of the four announced food distribution sites and the mass casualty incidents,” Gargavanis added, saying the trauma injuries in recent days were mostly from gunshot wounds.