DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency accused Israel of using tanks, snipers and other weapons to fire on a crowd of Palestinians seeking food aid, in what the territory’s Health Ministry said was one of the deadliest days for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.

Pope Leo XIV in his Sunday Angelus prayer renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, urging the international community to respect international law and the obligation to protect civilians.