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Gaza Civil Defence Says Israeli Fire Kills 67 Aid Seekers

The Catholic Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, held mass at Gaza's only Catholic church on Sunday (Credit: AFP)

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians trying to collect humanitarian aid in the territory's north on Sunday, killing 67 people and wounding dozens more.

The UN World Food Programme said its 25-truck convoy carrying food aid "encountered massive crowds of hungry civilians which came under gunfire", soon after it crossed the border from Israel and cleared checkpoints.

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