At least 118 Palestinians were killed after Israeli forces opened fire at a Gaza City food distribution site last week, drawing widespread condemnation.
The Israeli military said Friday that a summary of their initial investigation found its troops did not fire at the humanitarian convoy, but at "a number of suspects" who approached the nearby forces. CNN cannot independently verify the IDF's findings.
A witness told CNN many of the victims were killed when they were run over by trucks in the panic following the gunshots in what has become known as the "flour massacre."
What does the IDF say? The IDF said thousands of Palestinians crowded around the convoy and took the trucks' equipment, during which "incidents of significant harm" occurred to civilians from a stampede and people being run over by trucks. Its troops unleashed "cautionary fire in order to distance the suspects," because they "posed a real threat to the forces at that point."
What do eyewitnesses say? A local journalist in Gaza, Khader Al Za’anoun, who witnessed the incident, said at the time that the chaos only began once Israeli troops opened fire, and that many of the victims were run over by trucks in the ensuing panic.
What do Palestinian officials say? Gaza's health ministry said at least 118 people were killed and more than 700 injured, making it one of the single deadliest killings of Gazans since the war began. CNN cannot independently confirm the figures.
What does the UN say? The UN said most of the injured civilians had gunshot wounds, but that it did not examine any of the dead bodies and so could not say if the same was true for those killed.
CNN's Abeer Salman and Jeremy Diamond contributed reporting.