At least 73 people were killed while trying to gain access to help at different locations in Gaza, says the Ministry of Health in Palestinian territory.
The biggest toll was in the north of Gaza on Sunday, where at least 67 Palestinians were killed while they tried to reach help that came in Noord -Gaza through the Zikim intersection with Israel, according to the ministry and the local hospitals.
More than 150 people were injured, with some of them in a critical condition, said hospitals.
It was not immediately clear whether they were killed by the Israeli army or armed gangs or both.
Some witnesses said the Israeli military shot on the crowd.
The murders in northern Gaza did not take place near the distribution points for help with the Gaza Humanitarian Fund, or GHF, a group supported by the US and Israel that spends food packages on Palestinians.
Witnesses and health workers say that hundreds of people were killed by Israeli fire while trying to gain access to the group’s distribution sites.
The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the murders on Sunday.
IDF Publish new evacuation orders
In the meantime, the Israeli army published new evacuation warnings for areas of Central Gaza on Sunday, in one of the few areas where the army has rarely operated on ground troops.
The evacuation cuts the access between the city of Deir Al-Balah and the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the narrow enclave.
The announcement came when Israel and Hamas stopped -fires in Qatar, but international mediators say that there have been no breakthroughs.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly emphasized that the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza Hamas will put pressure to negotiate, but the negotiations are stuck for months.
Earlier this month, the Israeli army said it checked more than 65 percent of the Gaza Strip.
AP
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