Israeli soldiers kill four more aid seekers, totalling 614
Before today, Israel has killed 610 starving people seeking aid near distribution points since 27 May, when the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began distributing food at four distribution points in southern and central Gaza, but not northern Gaza, leaving residents there in a food vacuum.
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