Gaza civil defence says Israeli assaults kill 26 close to two support centres

Gaza’s civil defence company on Saturday (July 19, 2025) mentioned Israeli assaults killed 26 folks and wounded greater than 100 close to two support centres within the south of the Palestinian territory.

Agency spokesman Mahmud Basal instructed AFP that 22 have been killed close to a web site southwest of Khan Yunis and 4 close to one other centre northwest of Rafah, blaming “Israeli gunfire” for each.

One eyewitness mentioned he headed to the Al-Tina space of Khan Yunis earlier than daybreak with 5 of his family members to attempt to get meals when “Israeli soldiers” began taking pictures.

“My relatives and I were unable to get anything,” Abdul Aziz Abed, 37, instructed AFP. “Every day I go there and all we get is bullets and exhaustion instead of food.”

The Israeli navy mentioned it was “looking into” the claims when contacted by AFP.

Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas imply AFP is unable to independently confirm tolls and particulars supplied by the company and different events.

The conflict in Gaza, sparked by militant group Hamas’s lethal assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, has created dire humanitarian circumstances for the native inhabitants.

The greater than two million individuals who reside within the densely populated coastal territory are dealing with extreme shortages of meals and different necessities, and medical doctors have reported a spike in acute malnutrition.

Deaths of individuals ready for handouts in enormous crowds close to support distribution centres have change into an everyday incidence, with the Palestinian authorities blaming Israeli hearth.

The civil defence company reported that 9 folks have been shot and killed close to the identical support level within the Al-Shakoush space northwest of Rafah on Friday.

The US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which took over the operating of support distribution in late May, mentioned 20 folks died in Khan Yunis on Wednesday.

But it blamed “agitators in the crowd… armed and affiliated with Hamas” for creating “a chaotic and dangerous surge” and firing at aid-seekers.

The earlier day, the UN mentioned it had recorded 875 folks killed in Gaza whereas making an attempt to get meals, together with 674 “in the vicinity of GHF sites”, because it started working.

The free stream of support into Gaza is a key demand of Hamas in oblique talks with Israel for a 60-day ceasefire within the 21-month conflict.