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CAIRO (AP) — Israeli forces killed no less than 22 individuals and wounded 20 others, many whereas making an attempt to get desperately needed food aid in southern Gaza on Monday, in accordance with witnesses, hospitals, and Gaza’s Well being Ministry.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis mentioned it obtained the our bodies of 11 individuals who have been shot whereas coming back from an assist website related to Israeli and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund in southern Gaza, a part of a lethal sample that has killed more than 500 Palestinians within the chaotic and controversial assist distribution program over the previous month. Ten others have been killed at a United Nations assist warehouse in northern Gaza, in accordance with the Well being Ministry.
The southern Gaza strike occurred round 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from the GHF website within the metropolis of Khan Younis, as Palestinians returned from the positioning alongside the one accessible route. Palestinians are sometimes compelled to journey lengthy distances to entry the GHF hubs in hopes of acquiring assist.
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Palestinians girls mourn through the funeral of people that have been killed whereas coming back from one of many Gaza Humanitarian Basis distribution facilities operated by the U.S.-backed group, in accordance with Nasser Hospital, throughout their funerals in Khan Younis, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photograph/Mariam Dagga)
Palestinians girls mourn through the funeral of people that have been killed whereas coming back from one of many Gaza Humanitarian Basis distribution facilities operated by the U.S.-backed group, in accordance with Nasser Hospital, throughout their funerals in Khan Younis, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photograph/Mariam Dagga)
A Palestinian wounded whereas coming back from one of many Gaza Humanitarian Basis distribution facilities operated by the U.S.-backed group, in accordance with Nasser Hospital, are handled in Khan Younis, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photograph/Mariam Dagga)
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Palestinians girls mourn through the funeral of people that have been killed whereas coming back from one of many Gaza Humanitarian Basis distribution facilities operated by the U.S.-backed group, in accordance with Nasser Hospital, throughout their funerals in Khan Younis, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photograph/Mariam Dagga)
Witnesses recount firings by troops
Yousef Mahmoud Mokheimar was strolling together with dozens others when he noticed troops in automobiles and tanks racing towards them. Initially they fired warning pictures in air, earlier than firing on the crowds, he mentioned.
“They fired at us indiscriminately,” he mentioned, including that he was shot in his leg, and a person was additionally shot whereas making an attempt to rescue him.
He mentioned he noticed troops detaining six individuals, together with three kids, and it wasn’t clear what occurred to them. “We don’t know whether or not they’re nonetheless alive,” he mentioned.
Monzer Hisham Ismail, one other witness, mentioned troops attacked the crowds whereas coming back from the GHF hub in japanese Khan Younis.
“We have been coming back from the American assist hub … we have been focused by (the Israeli) artillery,” he mentioned.
Nasser Hospital mentioned one other particular person was killed close to a GHF hub within the southern metropolis of Rafah.
The Israeli navy mentioned it was reviewing details about the assaults. Previously, the navy has mentioned it fires warning pictures at individuals who transfer suspiciously or get too near troops, together with whereas accumulating assist.
Israel needs the GHF to interchange a system coordinated by the United Nations and worldwide assist teams. Together with the USA, Israel has accused Hamas of stealing assist and utilizing it to prop up its rule within the enclave. The U.N. denies there may be systematic diversion of assist. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist group by the USA, Canada and the European Union.
The Israeli navy mentioned it had just lately taken steps to enhance group within the space, together with the set up of latest fencing, signage and the opening of further routes to entry assist.
Israel says it solely targets combatants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas, accusing the group of hiding amongst civilians as a result of they function in populated areas.
Strikes in and round Gaza Metropolis intensify
In northern Gaza, no less than 10 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike on an assist warehouse in Gaza Metropolis, in accordance with the Well being Ministry’s ambulance and emergency service. It wasn’t instantly clear whether or not there was assist on the warehouse.
The strike in Gaza Metropolis got here because the navy intensified its bombardment marketing campaign throughout town and the close by Jabaliya refugee camp. On Sunday and Monday, Israel issued widespread evacuation orders for giant swaths of northern Gaza.
Palestinians reported large bombing in a single day into Monday morning, describing the contemporary assaults as a “scorched earth” marketing campaign that focused principally empty buildings and civilian infrastructure above the bottom.
“They destroy no matter left standing … the sound of bombing hasn’t stopped,” mentioned Mohamed Mahdy, a Gaza Metropolis resident who fled his broken home Monday morning.
Fares Awad, head of the Well being Ministry’s emergency and ambulance providers in northern Gaza, mentioned that the majority of Gaza Metropolis and Jabaliya have change into inaccessible and ambulances have been unable to answer misery calls from individuals trapped within the rubble.
The Israeli navy mentioned it had taken a number of steps to inform civilians of operations to focus on Hamas’ navy command and management facilities in northern Gaza.
Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel.
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