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At least 26 Palestinians have been killed and scores injured after Israeli forces opened fire on Sunday near a southern Gaza aid distribution center run by a controversial US-backed foundation, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society and a nearby hospital.
“Crowds of citizens headed to receive food aid” from a site in the Rafah area, when Israeli forces opened fire, said a paramedic from the PRCS, the only medical professionals present in the area.
More than 80 people were injured, according to the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, also in southern Gaza, which confirmed the death toll of 26.
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