Late last week, an effort to get food into northern Gaza turned deadly, as thousands of desperate Gazans descended on aid trucks, and Israeli troops tasked with guarding those trucks opened fire.

Exactly how people died, and who was responsible, remains contested. Hiba Yazbek, a reporter-researcher in Jerusalem for The Times, explains what we know about what happened and what it tells us about hunger in Gaza.

Guest: Hiba Yazbek, a reporter-researcher in Jerusalem for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Palestinian and Israeli officials gaza-palestinian-death-toll.html?smid=pc-thedaily">offered differing accounts of a deadly scene in northern Gaza, in which local health officials said more than 100 people were killed.
• Delivering supplies into Gaza, especially the north, has taken on increased urgency as the aid-un-child-deaths-famine.html?smid=pc-thedaily">United Nations has warned that many Gazans are on the edge of famine.

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