Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency says it has noted a rising number of infant deaths caused by “severe hunger and malnutrition,” reporting at least three such deaths in the past week.

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on crowds of Palestinians trying to collect humanitarian aid in the war-torn Palestinian territory on Sunday, killing 73 people and wounding dozens more.

At least 85 people have been killed while trying to reach aid at locations across Gaza, the health ministry in the Palestinian territory has said. The development represents the deadliest day yet for people seeking aid in more than 21 months of war.

A total of 58 Palestinians were killed and at least 60 others were injured by Israeli military action while waiting for aid in northern Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Sunday.

As malnutrition surges in war-torn Gaza, tens of thousands of children and women require urgent treatment, according to the UN, while aid enters the blockaded Palestinian territory at a trickle.Gaza's civil defence agency told AFP it has noted a rising number of infant deaths caused by "severe hunger and malnutrition",

Witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say Israeli troops have killed at least 32 Palestinians near aid distribution hubs in the latest deadly violence around people seeking desperately needed food.

The Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday told Palestinians in parts of Deir al-Balah to immediately evacuate southward to a tent city.

The largest number of fatalities was reported in the north, where 67 people were killed as truckloads of food arrived near Gaza City. Six others were shot dead near Rafah in the south, where dozens mo

Suspects were identified approaching IDF soldiers operating in the Rafah area in Gaza on Friday night, leading soldiers to fire warning shots to disperse them, the military said.