ANKARA – At least 43 Palestinians were killed and several others injured across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, including 32 aid seekers who were shot by Israeli forces while waiting for assistance in the southern city of Rafah, according to medical sources.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that more than 70 people were injured when the Israeli army targeted Palestinians gathered near an aid distribution center affiliated with an American-Israeli company, who were seeking food as humanitarian conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate.
The Israeli army fired a volley of live ammunition at the crowd, resulting in a high number of casualties, the agency said.
Nearly 900 Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks while attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid at sites mostly associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an American organization backed by Israel, according to UN figures. The GHF started operating in Gaza in late May, bypassing the UN and other established NGOs.
In another attack in the southern city of Khan Younis, Israeli airstrikes hit tents sheltering displaced families, killing two people.
In northern Gaza, Israeli airstrikes targeted tents near a UN school in eastern Gaza City, killing seven Palestinians and injuring 17.
Two others were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a crowd in Jabalia town in northern Gaza.
A number of civilians were also wounded when Israeli forces bombed a residential apartment near Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
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