The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says 82 people were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip overnight, including 38 people who were shot dead while trying to access humanitarian aid.
It says that five people were killed outside aid distribution sites operated by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and 33 others were killed while waiting for aid trucks in other locations across the Strip.
Dozens of people were also said to have been killed in airstrikes overnight, including 15 people in the sprawling tent city in the al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza. The Hamas-linked civil defense says a separate strike at a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed at least 12.
The figures provided by the Gaza health ministry cannot be independently verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.
There have been repeated instances of Palestinians being shot near aid distribution sites. The IDF says it is investigating but has denied that troops are ordered to open fire on civilians.
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