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Four Palestinians killed while seeking aid in northern Gaza

Published: 09 Aug 2025 - 09:07 pm | Last Updated: 09 Aug 2025 - 09:09 pm
Buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes surround makeshift shelters for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes surround makeshift shelters for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

QNA

Gaza: Four Palestinians were killed and others injured today by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire while seeking aid in the Gaza Strip.

A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital said that four people were killed and 40 others injured by Israeli gunfire near the US aid center in the Zakim area, northwest of the Gaza Strip.

Several others were also injured when Israeli forces targeted people waiting for aid at the al-Nablsi roundabout, south of Gaza City.

The total number of those killed while seeking aid and brought to hospitals has risen to 1,743, with 12,590 injured.