Another 19 people were shot dead as they crowded near the Zikim crossing from Israel in the hope of obtaining aid, said Fares Awad, head of the Gaza health ministry’s ambulance and emergency service.

At least 14 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including nine who were shot dead while waiting for humanitarian aid in the southern city of Rafah, according to medical sources. The nine victims were targeted near aid distribution centers in northern Rafah, the sources told Anadolu.