GHF says videos from dawn show nobody hurt at Gaza aid site; AP says shooting incident occurred at 3 a.m.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation issues videos ostensibly showing that no Palestinian civilians were shot this morning at one of its aid distribution sites in the southern Gaza Strip, after Hamas authorities claimed 31 dead in the area this morning.

“As noted in our daily report earlier, aid was distributed without incident. Reports of injuries and fatalities are completely false and fabricated,” the Israel- and US-backed GHF says in a statement, attaching around 15 minutes of footage from the distribution site after dawn.

The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says the deaths occurred as Israeli forces fired on a crowd gathered at the aid site.

AP cites eyewitnesses as saying that the incident occurred before dawn, as thousands marched toward the aid site. Israeli troops had ordered them to disperse and come back later, and as the crowds arrived at a roundabout around a kilometer away at 3 a.m., the IDF opened fire, the witnesses say.

An AP reporter arrived at the field hospital at around 6 a.m. and saw dozens of wounded, including women and children. The reporter also saw crowds of people returning from the distribution point. Some were carrying boxes of aid, but most appeared to be coming back empty-handed.

The IDF said earlier that it was unaware of any casualties caused by its fire “within” the aid site, adding that it was investigating further.

מצלמות האבטחה של החברה שאחראית על חלוקה המזון בעזה תיעדו את הרגעים בהם נטען לכאורה שבוצע ירי לעבר פלסטינים במתחם הסיוע. לפי התיעוד, לא נראה שבוצע ירי@ItayBlumental pic.twitter.com/HGLLrVRY4o

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AP contributed to this report