Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency says Israeli fire killed at least 12 people, including eight who had gathered near aid distribution sites in the Palestinian territory suffering severe food shortages.
Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal, who the military has accused of being a member of Hamas, tells AFP that three people were killed by gunfire from Israeli forces while waiting to collect aid in the southern Gaza Strip.
In a separate incident, Bassal says five people were killed in a central area known as the Netzarim corridor, where thousands of Palestinians have gathered daily in the hope of receiving food rations.
The Israeli army tells AFP it was “looking into” both incidents, which, according to the civil defense agency, occurred near distribution centres run by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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