Tensions rise in Gaza amid confusion at aid site
After the US Middle East Envoy rejected Hamas's response to his ceasefire proposal, there has been more bloodshed in Gaza, with airstrikes on Gaza City. But accounts of what happened near an aid distribution point in the south of the strip are mired in dispute.
There are four distribution centres run by the controversial US-Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, with only a couple of them operational as yet. Witnesses on the ground reported shooting around half a mile from the western-most site, near to the coast.
But the Foundation says nothing happened and Israel denies firing on civilians. Israel has now released drone footage it claims shows masked gunman opening fire near the site.
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