Among the fatalities were 33 people who were killed when they tried to get emergency aid at a distribution center.
Mahmud Bassal, spokesperson for the civil defense in the Hamas-controlled area, says that the crowd was shot at with bullets and grenade fire. The Israeli military is reported to be investigating the allegations.
The distribution center in question belongs to the criticized Israeli-American organization Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which began its efforts to distribute emergency aid in Gaza at the end of May. This happened after Israel's blockade in the spring and after the UN and other established organizations were shut out.
GHF has been heavily criticized, its strict selection and digital surveillance of those who receive help are described by experts as an attempt to use food as a military weapon. And many Palestinians have lost their lives when they were shot in the crowd of hungry people waiting for food packages.
According to Israel, they only shoot at people who behave suspiciously and pose a threat.
On Wednesday, the Israeli military announced that seven Israeli soldiers had been killed in a bombing in the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Tuesday. Someone had attached a bomb to the vehicle the soldiers were traveling in.
Gaza is ruled by the terrorist-stamped Hamas, whose attack on Israel in October 2023 triggered the ongoing Gaza war.
