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Source: The Guardian
More than 20 people were killed on Sunday as they went to receive food at an aid distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies.
Witnesses told the Associated Press that Israeli forces had opened fire on people as they headed toward the aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). There were many martyrs, including women, the 40-year-old resident said. We were about 300 metres away from the military.
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Officials at the field hospital did not say who opened fire but added that another 175 people were wounded. An Associated Press reporter saw dozens of people being treated at the hospital.
The Israel Defense Forces said they were currently unaware of injuries caused by their fire at the aid site, but that they were looking into it. The foundation claimed in a statement that it delivered aid without incident early on Sunday and has denied previous accounts of chaos and gunfire around its sites, which are in Israeli military zones where independent access is limited.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/palestinians-gunned-down-while-trying-to-reach-food-aid-site-in-gaza-hospital-says
At least 26 people have been killed, and scores have been injured, near a US-backed aid distribution site near Gaza's southern city of Rafah, according to medics and residents.
A local Palestinian journalist told the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near a humanitarian aid distribution centre when Israeli tanks approached and opened fire on the crowd.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c628n68zpj6t?post=asset%3Ac1bebcc3-fc3f-4f68-be8b-08c82560b3f2#post
Ghareeb says the crowd of Palestinians had gathered near Al-Alam roundabout around 04:30 local time (02:30 BST), close to the aid centre run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, shortly before Israeli tanks appeared and opened fire.
"The dead and wounded lay on the ground for a long time," Ghareeb says.
"Rescue crews could not access the area, which is under Israeli control. This forced residents to use donkey carts to transport victims to the field hospital," he adds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c628n68zpj6t?post=asset%3A55ee78dc-e417-4239-85e0-7aa8b36623c0#post
