GAZA, July 7, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and injured dozens more on Saturday in a series of Israeli airstrikes and intense gunfire in Gaza and Rafah, according to medical sources and local journalists.

Two civilians were killed and nearly 20 others wounded when Israeli forces opened fire near an aid distribution point north of Rafah, where residents had gathered in desperate search for food.

In northern Gaza, an Israeli drone strike killed one Palestinian in Jabalia town. Several causalities were reported in Israeli shelling of a school housing displaced persons in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, and an apartment near al-Zant Pharmacy on Hamid Street in the al-Shati refugee camp, west of the city.

The latest attacks bring the total Palestinian death toll from Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza—now in its ninth month—to 57,418 killed and 136,261 wounded. Thousands more remain trapped beneath rubble or lie unrecovered in the streets, as emergency teams struggle to access the dead and wounded due to continuous bombardments.

Humanitarian agencies have condemned Israel’s repeated attacks on civilians gathered at aid distribution points. Since May 27, when Israel implemented its controversial aid distribution mechanism in partnership with the U.S.-Israeli “Gaza Relief Foundation”, more than 200 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded while attempting to collect humanitarian supplies.

Rights groups have described these aid points as turning into "death traps," accusing Israel of deliberately exploiting Gaza’s humanitarian desperation while subjecting civilians to humiliating conditions and forced displacement amid a worsening humanitarian catastrophe.

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