GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, June  8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Gaza's civil
defence agency said Israeli attacks on Sunday killed at least 10 people
including two girls in the Palestinian territory, as the Israel-Hamas war
entered its 21st month.

"Five martyrs and dozens of wounded were taken to Nasser Hospital in Khan
Yunis after the (Israeli) occupation forces opened fire on civilians at around
6:00 am", agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP.

The civilians had been heading to an aid distribution centre west of Rafah,
near a site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-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.

Asked to comment on the latest killings, the Israeli military said it fired
on people who "continued advancing in a way that endangered the soldiers"
despite warnings.

It said the area around the distribution point had been declared an "active
combat zone" at night.

"Around 4:30 am, 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," eyewitness Abdallah Nour al-Din told AFP.

Outside the 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, while
a man lay over his brother's corpse.

They gave the same account as Din, and spoke of the struggle to access food
aid after more than two months of a total Israeli blockade of Gaza, despite a
recent easing.

Dozens of people have been killed near distribution points since late May,
according to the civil defence.

Bassal said another five people, including two young girls, were killed
around at 1:00 am in a strike that hit a tent in the Al-Mawasi displaced
persons camp in southern Gaza.