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Israeli fire kills 72 Palestinians, including 21 aid-seekers
Gulf Today
|June 20, 2025
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 72 people on Thursday, including 21 who had gathered near aid distribution sites as famine looms after more than 20 months of war.
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Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassaltold AFP that six people were killed while waiting for aid in the southern Gaza Strip and 15 others in a central area known as the Netzarim corridor, where thousands of Palestinians have gathered daily in the hope of receiving food rations.
This story is from the June 20, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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