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2. What's Gaza's "civilian defense agency"? Why does your headline refer to the Hamas-run agency as "rescuers"?
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:48 AM
Jun 1

How "near" to the distribution site were they? How many of the ostensibly killed were Hamas fighters?

Hamas-run civil defense agency says Israeli fire killed 22 near aid distribution site

The Hamas-run Gaza civil defense agency says Israeli fire killed at least 22 people near a US-backed aid distribution centre in the southern city of Rafah, revising an earlier death toll.

“The number of martyrs from the massacre at the American aid center in Rafah has risen to at least 22, with more than 120 wounded, including children,” civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal tells AFP.

The figure cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters.

The IDF has not commented on the incident. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said earlier that “our aid was again distributed today without incident.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-run-civil-defense-agency-says-israeli-fire-killed-22-near-aid-distribution-site/


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