At least 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces across Gaza since dawn, including 32 aid seekers killed near a food aid site of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation north of Rafah, Al Jazeera* reports.

Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that two people were killed in Israeli shelling in Jabalia an-Nazla neighbourhood, in northern Gaza.

Deaths and injuries were also reported from southern Gaza, after an Israeli drone attack on tents set up by displaced Palestinians seeking shelter west of Khan Younis, the report added, citing sources from Nasser Hospital.

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