MSF: Israeli Forces Killed Eight, Injured at Least 77 at Zikim Crossing in Gaza

The international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has accused Israeli forces of killing eight Palestinians and injuring at least 77 others during an incident near the Zikim crossing in northern Gaza last week.

According to MSF project coordinator in Gaza, Caroline Willeman, Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians who had approached a truck carrying humanitarian aid near the crossing on Wednesday, July 30.

“We treated 77 wounded and received eight dead at a single clinic in northern Gaza following the events at Zikim,” Willeman said in a post on the organisation’s account on social media platform X.

She warned that current methods of aid distribution in Gaza were fueling “chaos and massacres,” adding that food supplies in the enclave remained critically low. “There are no signs that sufficient aid will be reaching Gaza on a regular basis,” she noted.

The incident comes amid mounting concerns from humanitarian organisations over the safety of civilians attempting to access food and relief supplies in the war-torn territory, where the United Nations has repeatedly warned of acute shortages and the risk of famine.