The Israeli military said it fired warning shots at people it referred to as suspects who it said had advanced toward its troops hundreds of yards from the aid site prior to its opening hours.

Israeli gunfire killed at least 17 Palestinians and wounded dozens as thousands of displaced people approached anaid distribution site run by a U.S.-backed humanitarian group in central Gaza on Tuesday,

Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution center in the Gaza Strip