Gaza's civil defence agency has reported that Israeli attacks killed at least ten people across the Palestinian territory.
"Five martyrs and dozens of wounded were taken to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after the (Israeli) occupation forces opened fire on civilians at around 6am", said Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the agency.
The civilians had been heading to an aid distribution centre west of Rafah, in southern Gaza, witnesses and Mr Bassal said, near a site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US-Israeli-backed group that has come under criticism from the United Nations and humanitarian agencies.
The United Nations refuses to work with the GHF, citing concerns over its practices and neutrality.
The Israeli military claimed it fired on people who "continued advancing in a way that endangered the soldiers" despite warnings.
"Around 4.30am, people started gathering in the Al-Alam area of Rafah. After about an hour and a half, hundreds moved toward the site and the army opened fire," witness Abdallah Nour al-Din told AFP.
The GHF claimed in a statement there had been no incidents or injuries "at any of our three sites" today.
It claimed it had distributed more than a million meals, including more than 600,000 through a trial of "direct to community distribution" via "community leaders".
AFP photographers in central Gaza saw crowds of Palestinians leaving a GHF facility on foot carrying boxes with the group's logo on them.
Five dead in strike on tent
Outside Nasser Hospital, where the emergency workers brought the casualties, AFPTV footage showed mourners crying over blood-stained body bags.
"I can't see you like this," said Lin al-Daghma by her father's body.
She and another man gave the same account as Mr Nour al-Din, and spoke of the struggle to access food aid after more than two months of a total Israeli blockade of Gaza.
The UN has repeatedly warned of famine in Gaza.
Dozens of people have been killed near GHF distribution points since late May, according to the civil defence agency.
Mr Bassal also said another five people, including two young girls, were killed in an overnight Israeli attack that hit a tent in the Al-Mawasi displaced persons camp in southern Gaza.
Israel's army accused Mr Bassal of having links to Hamas, an allegation he denied.
The army issued copies of what it claimed were Hamas membership lists to the media, without clarifying where or how the undated documents were obtained.
"I do not work for any military organisation," Mr Bassal told AFP, adding that the agency's mission was guided by international law.
The health ministry in Gaza said that the death toll from Israel’s war in Gaza has now reached 54,880, the majority civilians. The UN considers these figures reliable.
IDF claims identified body of Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar
The Israeli military claimed that it had located and identified the body of Mohammed Sinwar, presumed leader of Hamas in Gaza, three weeks after he was said to have been killed in an airstrike.
"In a targeted operation of the IDF...and following the completion of an identification process, it is now confirmed that the body of Mohammed Sinwar was located in the underground tunnel route beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis," the army said in a statement.
The Israeli army claimed that Sinwar was "eliminated", along with several other members of the militant group, on 13 May.
"During searches in the underground tunnel route, several items belonging to Sinwar... were located, along with additional intelligence findings that were transferred for further investigation," the military said.
Army spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin claimed to journalists who were escorted by Israeli forces to the site that Sinwar's body was found "underneath the hospital, right under the emergency room, a compound, a few rooms".
He added that they had confirmed with "DNA checks and other checks" that the body was indeed Mohammed Sinwar's.
Mohammed Sinwar's older brother, Yahya Sinwar, accused by Israel of masterminding Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel was killed in October 2024.
Experts say it is likely that Mohammed Sinwar took over as the head of the armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, after its leader Mohammed Deif was also killed.
After the killing of several Hamas leaders by Israel since 7 October, Mohammed Sinwar was thought to be at the heart of decisions on indirect negotiations with Israel, the issue of hostages and the management of Hamas's armed wing.
