Aid agencies and rights groups have condemned Israel and its partner food distribution organisation after dozens of starving Palestinians were gunned down while waiting for food on Sunday.
At least 32 people were shot dead and more than 200 others injured at two sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-Israeli- backed organisation attempting to take control of aid delivery from the UN.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli drones and tanks had opened fire on the crowds outside a facility near Rafah, while doctors at nearby field hospitals reported a huge influx of casualties with gunshot wounds.
"Patients told [Doctors Without Borders] they were shot from all sides by drones, helicopters, boats, tanks, and Israeli soldiers on the ground," the humanitarian medical organisation wrote in a statement, calling GHF's system "dehumanising, dangerous and severely ineffective".
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