Gaza rescuers say Israel army kills at least 50 people near aid site
Gaza's civil defence agency said that Israeli forces on Tuesday killed at least 50 people gathered near an aid distribution site in Khan Yunis in the territory's south, updating an earlier toll.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that at least 50 people were killed and more than 200 wounded as thousands of Palestinians gathered to receive flour at a charity aid centre in the morning.
"Israeli drones fired at the citizens. Some minutes later, Israeli tanks fired several shells at the citizens, which led to a large number of martyrs and wounded," he said.
The Israeli army told AFP it was "looking into" the incident.
Gaza's health ministry later reported that as a result of the incident, "51 martyrs and more than 200 injuries have arrived at Nasser Medical Complex, including 20 in critical condition".
The Gaza Strip has been ravaged by more than 20 months of war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, with the situation continuing to deteriorate on the ground.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Monday that 5,139 people have been killed since Israel resumed strikes on the territory on March 18 following a truce.
The overall death toll in Gaza since the war broke out on October 7, 2023 has reached 55,432 people, according to the health ministry.
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