Dozens Killed After Attack Near Aid Stations in Gaza

Injured Palestinians are transferred to the Nasser Hospital for treatment in Khan Yunis on June 1.Photographer: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images

Dozens of people were killed near two aid-distribution stations in the Gaza Strip, the latest setback to a new humanitarian relief operation backed by Israel and the US as a way of sidelining Hamas.

Medics and witnesses claimed Israeli forces had fired on Palestinians massed near the stations in southern Rafah and the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza on Sunday, accusations that were categorically denied by the Israel Defense Forces.