32 Palestinians Shot Dead Trying To Reach US Group’s Food Distribution Sites, Gaza Authorities Say

TOPSHOT – EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians recite a prayer over the body of a victim, killed at a food distribution point in Al-Tina area in the southern Gaza Strip, at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis on July 19, 2025. Gaza’s civil defence agency on July 19 said Israeli attacks killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres in the south of the Palestinian territory. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say Israeli troops have killed at least 32 Palestinians near aid distribution hubs in the latest deadly violence around people seeking desperately needed food. Saturday’s shootings occurred near sites run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. A hospital official said that most victims were shot in the head or chest. GHF denies involvement. It says said that the shootings happened before their sites opened. Israel’s military says it only fires warning shots if crowds get too close to its forces. Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians are in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis after 21 months of war.