At least three “starving civilians” have been killed and 35 others injured near a US-backed aid distribution centre in southern Gaza’s Rafah area, according to a statement from the enclave’s government media office, Al Jazeera reports.

The latest Israeli violence against aid seekers has brought the total number of people killed in Rafah and the so-called Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza while waiting for food to 52, since Israel’s new aid mechanism started operations on May 27, the statement said.

The office added that at least 340 people were injured since that date.

Israel continues “the policy of starvation and systematic targeting of civilians for 93 days”, the statement said.