At least 26 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid

At least 43 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza on Friday, including 26 who had gathered to collect aid, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said.Al Awda Hospital in Nuseirat refugee camp, north-east of Deir Al Balah in central Gaza, said it received 23 bodies after Israeli forces fired on people gathered to collect aid near the “Martyrs’ Junction” north of the camp, in addition to dozens of wounded. Medical sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent reported the deaths of another 11 Palestinians, and many others injured, after the Israeli military bombed a house in the Al Maaskar area, west of Deir Al Balah. The wounded were transferred to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city, they said.