Amid contested accusations that Israeli forces fired on individuals waiting to pick up aid, the UN secretary-general has called for an impartial investigation into the Sunday killings of Palestinians outside an aid distribution center in Gaza.
While queuing for food from the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) center in Rafah, witnesses said they were shot at.
According to the Red Cross, 21 of the 179 casualties that were brought to its hospital were fatal. 31 people were killed, according to the Hamas-run Civil Defense organization.
The Israeli military denied on Sunday that its forces had fired at civilians within or close to the facility, claiming that such allegations were untrue.
