Israeli soldiers shoot 15 dead at Gaza aid distribution centre
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip said Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 15 people near a humanitarian aid distribution centre.
Staff at Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa hospitals in the centre of the coastal strip reported the shootings, citing people who were injured in the incident.
They said the victims were civilians who were desperately trying to obtain urgently needed aid supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
The reports could not initially be independently verified. Neither the foundation nor the Israeli army initially responded to inquiries.
The foundation, which is supported by Israel and the United States, began its mission in the Gaza Strip last month after Israel's nearly three-month blockade of aid deliveries.
The distribution centre is intended to be an alternative to UN efforts and those of international aid organizations.
Israel and the US say the GHF would also prevent Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas from appropriating humanitarian aid.
But there has been widespread criticism of the foundation and repeated deadly incidents near its distribution centres.
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