Dozens killed at aid distribution site in Rafah

In Gaza.

A new aid distribution site became a scene of shocking violence this past Sunday with dozens killed and many more injured.

Lee Seung-jae reports.

Dozens of Palestinians were reportedly killed and over a hundred others injured on Sunday, with the Palestinian Civil Defense saying Israeli soldiers at a relief distribution center run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation fired at people seeking food and aid.

The AFP says 31 people were killed and over 176 injured in Rafah, at a relief distribution site run by the United States and Israel.

According to the spokesperson for the Civil Defense, Mahmoud Basal,.. Israel targeted thousands of civilians.

Hamas also released a statement saying that Israel "committed a terrible massacre targeting thousands of civilians heading to a distribution center."

The Associated Press, citing a witness, said that at around 3 AM, Israeli soldiers ordered the crowd to disperse and come back later, when a crowd began forming about one kilometer from the distribution site, they opened fire.

Another witness said that at around 5 AM, drones and drones suddenly attacked the relief center, killing several people.

However,.. the Israeli military dismissed the reports in a statement, saying that false reports have been circulating that raise serious suspicions that Israeli soldiers have fired on civilians near a humanitarian aid distribution site, calling it false.

The Israeli military explained that no civilians were fired at inside or around the distribution center.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation also issued a press release saying that relief supplies were distributed safely, and that Hamas is actively spreading rumors about casualties, which they called untrue and fabricated.

The GHF announced that it distributed more than 15-thousand boxes of relief supplies on Sunday, and that more than 67 thousand boxes, have been distributed since the site opened last week.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.