Israeli forces shoot dozens as Gaza aid site killings multiply

The unit successful Khan Younis adds to a drawstring of attacks that person killed hundreds of hopeless radical seeking food.

Israeli soldiers person killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded hundreds arsenic they sought assistance successful Gaza, according to Palestinian officials.

The soldiers fired astatine the crowds connected Tuesday greeting arsenic they gathered on the main eastbound roadworthy successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis. It was the latest successful a drawstring of killings since the Israel- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) launched operations to administer nutrient successful the enclave 3 weeks ago.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that astatine slightest 51 civilians were killed. However, the decease toll is expected to emergence arsenic galore of the injured are successful a captious condition, according to medics astatine Nasser Hospital, wherever the casualties were being treated.

Gaza Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal added that much than 200 radical were injured though reports concerning the fig of casualties varied.

“Israeli drones fired astatine the citizens. Some minutes later, Israeli tanks fired respective shells astatine the citizens, which led to a ample fig of martyrs and wounded,” the spokesperson said, noting that the assemblage had assembled successful the anticipation of receiving flour.

Israel did not instantly remark connected the incident.

‘Shredded to pieces’

Survivors described horrific scenes.

“Dozens of civilians, including children, were killed, and nary 1 could assistance oregon prevention lives,” subsister Saeed Abu Liba, 38, told Al Jazeera.

Yousef Nofal, who called the lawsuit a “massacre”, said helium saw galore radical lying motionless and bleeding connected the ground. The soldiers continued to occurrence connected radical arsenic they fled, helium said.

“I survived by a miracle,” said Mohammed Abu Qeshfa, who mentioned some dense gunfire and vessel shelling.

Al Jazeera’s analogous Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balal successful cardinal Gaza, quoted aesculapian sources astatine Nasser Hospital arsenic saying galore victims were “unidentifiable” due to the fact that they had been “shredded to pieces” successful the attack.

Palestinians injured by Israeli occurrence person attraction astatine Khan Younis’s Nasser Hospital successful the confederate Gaza Strip connected June 17, 2025 [AFP]

The incidental connected Tuesday is the latest successful a drawstring of killings astir GHF nutrient organisation centres.

The backstage organisation began distributing assistance astatine the extremity of May aft Israel partially lifted an astir three-month blockade of nutrient and different indispensable items that has enactment Gaza’s 2.3 cardinal radical astatine hazard of famine.

The United Nations and different large humanitarian groups person refused to enactment with the GHF, saying it cannot conscionable the level of request successful Gaza and it breaks humanitarian principles by giving Israel power implicit assistance access.

After erstwhile shootings, which person been a near-daily occurrence since the assistance centres opened, the subject has said its soldiers had fired informing shots astatine what it called suspects approaching their positions though it did not accidental whether those shots struck anyone.

The decease toll of much than 50 radical made Tuesday the deadliest time astir the GHF sites truthful far. Previously, that grounds was acceptable connected Monday, erstwhile 38 radical were killed, mostly successful the Rafah country southbound of Khan Younis.

Reports indicated much than 300 radical person been killed and much than 2,000 wounded portion trying to cod assistance from the GHF.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has deed retired astatine Israel implicit the killings of Palestinians adjacent the assistance transportation points.

“I impulse immediate, impartial investigations into deadly attacks connected hopeless civilians to scope nutrient organisation centres,” helium said connected Monday.

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