2 h. ago Israel 'kills at least 25 people waiting for aid' in Gaza as 'tanks and drones spark massacre'

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian witnesses and hospitals said

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7 h. ago Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say

Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza

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3 d. ago Unicef warns children could die of thirst in Gaza amid collapse of water systems

Fears grow of drought as well as hunger as medics report more killings by Israeli forces of Palestinians seeking aidMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe collapse of water systems in Gaza is threatening the territory with devastating drought as well as hunger, Unicef has warned, as medics reported that Israel had killed more desperate Palestinians seeking aid.On Friday at least 24 people waiting for aid were killed by Israeli fire in central Gaza, according to local health authorities, in addition to other deaths by airstrikes. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians waiting for UN food aid in Gaza, health officials say

At least 59 Palestinians killed as Israeli tanks accused of shelling crowd gathered at aid delivery site

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6 d. ago At least 51 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say

At least 51 Palestinians were killed and over 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and a local hospital

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1 week ago More mass casualties near Gaza food points as GHF says five staff killed

US-Israel logistics group claims workers were attacked by Hamas, while Israeli forces kill 22 people across the territoryThe bloody chaos that has overtaken food distribution in Gaza has worsened with more mass casualties among Palestinians trying to reach humanitarian assistance, while the US-Israeli organisation tasked with deliveries claimed that five of its local workers had been killed by Hamas.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said on Thursday that a bus full of its Palestinian staff was attacked by Hamas at 10pm local time on Wednesday, with at least five deaths and other workers taken hostage. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago At least five killed by Israeli fire near Gaza food point, officials say

Shooting happened about a kilometre from distribution site in Rafah run by Gaza Humanitarian FoundationAt least five people have been killed and others wounded by Israeli fire about a kilometre from a food distribution point in Gaza, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said.Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire as people went to receive supplies on Sunday morning from a site in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli- and US-backed group. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Doctor describes desperate situation in Gaza after 27 people killed waiting for aid in Rafah

A doctor has described the desperate situation in Gaza after 27 people were killed waiting for aid in Rafah.

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3 w. ago Three killed as Israeli forces open fire near Gaza food distribution site, officials say

Incident took place where more than 30 people were killed on Sunday near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation hubIsraeli forces in the Gaza Strip opened fire as people headed towards a food distribution site a kilometre away at around sunrise on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, health officials and a witness said. The military said it fired warning shots at “suspects” who approached its forces.The shooting occurred at the same location where witnesses say Israeli forces fired a day earlier on crowds of people heading towards the food distribution hub in southern Gaza run by the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says

Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundationMore 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.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza

Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution pointFour people have died as hundreds of Palestinians burst into a United Nations warehouse in Gaza, tearing away sections of the building’s metal walls in an desperate attempt to find food.Two people were fatally crushed and two others died of gunshot wounds after the crowd forced its way into the World Food Programme warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday afternoon, health officials said. Continue reading...

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