Israel kills aid seekers in Gaza and issues new expulsion orders

Israel has killed more than 45 people in a series of attacks across the Gaza Strip since Sunday morning, half of whom were targeted while waiting for aid at US-Israeli distribution points. 

Gaza's civil defence agency reported that at least 23 Palestinians were killed near distribution points and trucks, including near the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, in Rafah in the south and near an aid entry route in al-Sudaniya in the northwest.

Mohammad al-Mughayyir, an official from the agency, told AFP that al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza received eight bodies and 125 wounded after Israeli drone strikes targeted people gathered near an aid distribution centre by the Netzarim Corridor.

In late May, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan to allow limited aid into Gaza and turn over distribution efforts to the US-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

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