Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly from being trampled, the group said. They were the first deaths reported at one of the group's sites,

A crush at an aid centre in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, with the site's operator blaming "agitators" within the crowd and the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency attributing the panic to Israeli gunfire.

Four Israeli soldiers have killed themselves in less than two weeks following their involvement in the war in Gaza, according to local media reports. Haaretz reported on Wednesday that two of the soldiers were conscripts on active duty. The other two were reservists who had recently been discharged after weeks of fighting in Gaza.