At least 26 people have been killed and dozens more injured near a U.S.-backed aid distribution center near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, according to doctors and residents.
A local Palestinian journalist told the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near a humanitarian aid distribution center when Israeli tanks approached them and opened fire on the crowd.
The incident reportedly happened west of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and the injured are being treated at one of Gaza's few functioning hospitals in Khan Younis.
This comes as the US tries to broker a ceasefire and Israel has faced international criticism of humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
The bodies of the dead and wounded were taken in carts from the hit site near a US-funded aid distribution center in Rafah south of Gaza.
A local Palestinian journalist says thousands of Palestinians had gathered early in the morning near the aid center when Israeli tanks opened fire.