There, trucks from the World Food Programme (WFP) were expected to arrive, offering a rare chance to access long-denied essential supplies.

But as people gathered near the truck, Israeli troops surrounded relief-seekers, directly and indiscriminately shooting towards them, according to eyewitnesses, among them Ewadi.

„They [the Israeli army] fired heavily at us from the tanks,“ he told Middle East Eye, describing how military vehicles moved through the crowd, at times passing within inches of civilians.