Dozens of Palestinians killed by airstrikes or shootings while waiting for aid

DEIR al-BALAH Gaza Strip AP Israeli airstrikes killed Palestinians in Gaza early on Friday while a hospital stated another people died in shootings while waiting for aid Meanwhile the U N human rights office says it has recorded killings within the span of a month in Gaza near humanitarian convoys and as Palestinians try to reach aid at distribution points run by an Israeli-backed American organization since it first began operations in late May Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani explained the rights office was not able to attribute responsibility for the killings But she declared it is clear that the Israeli military has shelled and shot at Palestinians trying to reach the distribution points operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation In a message to The Associated Press Shamdasani disclosed that of the total tallied killings were GHF-related meaning at or near its distribution sites Information keeps coming in she added This is ongoing and it is unacceptable The GHF has denied any serious injuries or deaths on its sites and says shootings outside their immediate vicinity are under the purview of Israel s military The Israeli military also issued new evacuation orders Friday in northeast Khan Younis and urged Palestinians to move west ahead of planned military operations against Hamas in the area The new evacuation zones pushed Palestinians into increasingly smaller spaces by the coast killed Friday near aid distribution sites More deaths stated near aid distribution sites occurred overnight Friday according to agents in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis At least three Palestinians were killed near aid sites in Rafah which is close to two operated by GHF Another were killed waiting for trucks to pass by in eastern Khan Younis in the Tahliya area Of the Palestinians killed in Friday s strikes eight were women and one was a child the hospital commented The strikes hit the Muwasi area where several displaced Palestinians are sheltering in tents Israel s military reported it was looking into Friday s released strikes The military whose forces are deployed on the roads leading to the aid distribution sites has previously disclosed it fires warning shots to control crowds or at Palestinians who approach its troops U N investigates shootings near aid sites Shamdasani originally communicated a U N briefing the up-to-date spate of killings were recorded both at GHF sites and near humanitarian convoys She later clarified to the AP that the killings in the vicinity of GHF distribution points were at or near their distribution sites The count from the rights office which used a strict methodology to verify such figures was based in part on information from hospitals that receive dead bodies she revealed Also Friday Israel s military revealed a soldier was killed in combat in the north of Gaza and it was examining Over Israeli soldiers have been killed since the war began including more than during the fighting in Gaza Efforts ongoing to halt to war The contemporary killings took place as efforts to halt the -month war appeared to be moving forward We ll see what happens We re going to know over the next hours U S President Donald Trump notified reporters on Air Force One late Thursday when sought if Hamas had agreed to the latest framework for a ceasefire Hamas declared Friday that it was holding discussions with leaders of other Palestinian factions to discuss a ceasefire proposal presented to it by Egyptian and Qatari mediators Hamas noted it will give its final response to mediators after the discussions have concluded Trump revealed Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a -day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen The Healthcare Ministry in Gaza revealed the number of Palestinians killed in the territory has passed The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count but says more than half of the dead are women and children The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel killing people and taking roughly hostages According to Palestinian spectators and Gaza s Strength Ministry several hundred people have been killed or wounded by Israeli troops when trying to reach the aid sites since they opened in May The military has repeatedly disclosed it s fired only warning shots denies deliberately firing towards civilians and says it s looking into reports of civilian harm