At least 31 people were killed and 180 injured yesterday when Israeli forces opened fire near an aid distribution site in Rafah, southern Gaza, the Wafa news agency reported.
The deaths come a day after the Israeli military said it had worked to minimise ‘possible friction’ between aid seekers and soldiers. It said ‘instructions were issued to forces in the field following lessons learnt’.
Earlier on Friday, the UN said 798 people had been killed seeking aid between late May and July 7, including 615 in the vicinity of distribution sites operated by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Another 33 Palestinians died in Israeli attacks across Gaza yesterday, Wafa reported. The victims included a mother and her three children in the west of Gaza city.
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