New Delhi, July 18 -- 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 Gaza Humanitarian Fund sites, although hundreds have been killed by Israeli forces on the roads leading to them, according to witnesses and health officials.

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 54 others, including 14 children, according to hospital officials.

Meanwhile in Syria, government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced a renewed ceasefire late Wednesday after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country's postwar political tran...