Hamas officials say at least 6 killed Israeli military near Gaza aid site: Report | World News
At least six Palestinians were killed and several others were injured in a gunfire allegedly led Israeli military in the latest deadly incident near an aid dribution centre in southern Gaza, Civil Defence agency which is run Hamas militant group said.
According to a spokesperson of the Civil Defence agency, people had gathered to collect aid supplies near the aid dribution centre when the sudden shooting started on Saturday morning. Reports which quoted eyewitnesses stated that the Israeli military opened fire as soon as the people started advancing towards the aid site, BBC reported.
The Israeli military, in its defence, has said that it fired several warning shots at the suspects who approached them in a threatening manner. Since the aid dribution started in the southern Gaza region, dozens of Palestinians have been killed and hundreds have been injured in the past week.
Nattapong Pinta was a hardworking and beloved man who worked in agriculture in Kibbutz Nir Oz. He was held hostage for 610 days terrors in Gaza.
On October 7, 2023, he was abducted with some of his friends. His family, wife and son are waiting for his return.
He was… pic.twitter.com/Z9hnBwauul
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 7, 2025
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the aid dribution agency backed the United States and Israel, has said that it has paused its dribution to deal with overcrowding and enhance the safety infrastructure. But people are gathering near a roundabout on a daily basis on the edge of the Israeli military zone through which they have to pass to reach the aid site.
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According to a statement released the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Gazans have been told that the area is an active combat zone during nighttime hours. Meanwhile, GHF has said that it wasn’t able to dribute aid on Saturday due to direct threat from Hamas, which the militant group has denied.
The United Nations has not shown its support towards GHF and said that it doesn’t provide enough food and medicine to deal with Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, rather putting Palestinians in danger.
In a special operation Israeli forces in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Friday, the military recovered the body of a Thai national named Nattapong Pinta.
