Trump's envoy arrives in Israel for Gaza talks

UNITED States President Donald Trump's special envoy arrived in Israel yesterday to discuss the disintegrating humanitarian situation in Gaza, as the death toll from deadly incidents involving Palestinians waiting for food and other aid continued to climb.

- ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTERS

At least 91 Palestinians were killed and more than 600 wounded while attempting to get aid within 24 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. That tally included 54 people killed in shootings in a deadly incident in northern Gaza, near the Zikim border crossing from Israel, on Wednesday, the ministry said.

The toll was expected to rise further as many of those killed or wounded were brought to isolated, smaller hospitals in northern Gaza and have not yet been counted.

The Israeli military said Palestinians surrounded aid trucks and the Israeli military fired warning shots into the crowd, but that it was not aware of any injuries stemming from Israeli fire. A security official said the gunfire came from within the crowd and from altercations between Palestinians attempting to access aid.