Flour Massacre
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Summary
Flour Massacre is a crowd crush[1]. It draws 1,747 Wikipedia views per month (crowd crush category, ranking #5 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gaza Strip[3]
- Country: Palestine[4], Israeli-occupied territories[5]
- Instance of: massacre[6], mass shooting[7], war crime[8]
- Location: Gaza City[9]
- Part of: Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip[10], Gaza war[11], Gaza genocide[12]
- Commons category: Flour massacre[13]
- Point in time: February 29, 2024[14]
- Described at URL: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/29/middleeast/gaza-city-deaths-food-israel-intl/[15], https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-gazans-said-killed-in-stampede-for-aid-idf-opens-fire-blamed-for-deaths/[16], https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/29/dozens-killed-injured-by-israeli-fire-in-gaza-while-collecting-food-aid[17], https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/02/gaza-medic-says-50-killed-rushing-aid-trucks[18], https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/29/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-hamas-war-latest-today-gaza-death-toll-hamas-health-ministry?page=with:block-65e06e968f08b6f9684f4825#block-65e06e968f08b6f9684f4825[19]
- Number of deaths: 118[20]
- Facet of: Humanitarian aid during the Gaza war[21]
- Number of injured: 760[22]
- Perpetrator: Israel Defense Forces[23]
Why It Matters
Flour Massacre has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]