107 dead in aid delivery disaster: Hamas accuses IDF of ‘massacre’ shooting but Israel say Palestinians were killed when panicked truck drivers were surrounded and tried to drive through crowd [Video]

Hamas has accused the IDF of opening fire in a ‘massacre’ on Thursday that has left more than 100 dead near Gaza City, but Israel says Palestinians were killed when panicked truck drivers were surrounded and tried to drive through the crowd. 

Israeli sources confirmed troops opened fire at ‘several people’ after feeling threatened by crowds near the aid point.

A witness said that the violence unfolded when thousands of people desperate for food rushed towards aid trucks at the western Nabulsi roundabout.

‘Trucks full of aid came too close to some army tanks that were in the area and the crowd, thousands of people, just stormed the trucks,’ the witness said, declining to be named for safety reasons.

‘The soldiers fired at the crowd as people came too close to the tanks.’

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll has reached 107 and hundreds more were injured.  

An Israeli government spokesperson …