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IDF and aid organisation reject Hamas claim of Israeli strike at food distribution centre

A nearby hospital run by the Red Cross reported that 21 Palestinians had been killed and 175 injured

June 1, 2025 13:55
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Palestinians carrying relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the southern Gaza Strip on May 29, 2025 (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Israel Defence Forces and the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Sunday denied a Hamas allegation that Israeli forces attacked a food line at an aid distribution site in Gaza.

Thirty people were killed and over 100 were wounded according to the Qatari-based Al Jazeera Network, which reported that Israeli forces struck Gazans on their way to receive food at the GHF centre in the al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah.

Earlier, a nearby hospital run by the Red Cross reported that 21 Palestinians had been killed and 175 injured, with eyewitnesses claiming the IDF opened fire from tanks about a kilometre from the aid distribution site.

The reports were picked up by outlets like Bloomberg News, which reported medics and witnesses saying that Palestinians headed to the Israeli-guarded buffer zones around the Rafah and Netzarim distribution stations were fired on by tanks or drones. 

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