STORY: Friends and relatives in Khan Younis carried the bodies of dozens of Palestinians which local health authorities said were killed in an Israeli attack near an aid distribution point in Rafah, Gaza, to mourn and bury them on Sunday (June 1).

The health authorities said 31 people were killed by Israeli fire near the aid delivery point run by a private U.S.-based group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

The local Palestinian Red Crescent, affiliated with the international Red Cross, said its medical teams had recovered the bodies of 23 Palestinians and treated another 23 injured near an aid collection site in Rafah.

Israel's military said in a statement it was looking into reports that Palestinians had been shot at an aid distribution site but that it was unaware of injuries caused by military fire. GHF denied anyone had been killed or injured near their site in Rafah and that all of its distribution had taken place without incident.

The U.S. company accused Hamas of fabricating "fake reports".

Residents and medics said Israeli soldiers fired from the ground at a crane nearby that overlooks the area, and a tank opened fire at thousands of people who were en route to get aid from the site in Rafah. Reuters footage showed ambulance vehicles carrying injured people to Nasser Hospital.

"He went to get food for his children. He has eight (family) members and with him and his wife they are ten. This is unfair," said Arafat Siyam talking about his brother killed in the attack.

The incident in Rafah in the south of the enclave was the latest in a series highlighting the volatile security situation complicating aid delivery to Gaza, following the easing of an almost three-month Israeli blockade last month.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (JUNE 1, 2025) (REUTERS- Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS MOVING BODY FROM AMBULANCE OF PALESTINIAN KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN MAN WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED WHILE WAITING FOR AID NEAR RAFAH, ARAFAT SIYAM, SAYING:

“He went to get his livelihood. He left home at 11 o’clock, sleeping near there, near the flag there. He went to get his food. They (Israelis) shot him. He was not carrying weapons or knives or anything. He went to get food for his children. He has eight (family) members and with him and his wife they are ten. This is unfair. What they are doing is unfair people.”

3. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN CRYING OVER BODY

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN MAN WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED WHILE WAITING FOR AID NEAR GAZA'S RAFAH, ARAFAT SIYAM, SAYING:

“Isn't it shameful to orphan a little child? Is it fair? They (Israelis) do not have kids? They have kids. Can someone live without his child or father? This is unfair. And (U.S. President Donald) Trump keeps saying everyday, we will do a truce in Gaza, everyday saying we will do something for Gaza, and he (Trump) is not doing anything for us. Trump is giving them (Israelis) weapons and they destroy us.”

5. VARIOUS OF MEN MOVING BODIES FROM AMBULANCE

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN WOMAN WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED WHILE WAITING FOR AID NEAR GAZA'S RAFAH, REDA ABU JAZAR, SAYING:

“Let them stop these massacres, stop this genocide. They are killing us. Kill all of us together and let us get rid of this life instead of getting hurt for this and that. Our beloved ones are dying. Enough. Who is left? Nobody is left. We cannot resist anymore at all I swear.”

7. MEN CARRYING BODY

8. VARIOUS OF WOMEN CRYING

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN WOMAN WHOSE SON IN LAW WAS KILLED WHILE WAITING FOR AID NEAR GAZA'S RAFAH, UMM (MOTHER OF) MAHMOUD AL-QUDRA, SAYING:

“Hunger killed people. All people are hungry not just one person. We are all hungry. None of the houses has flour. They told us to go get (food), why are they killing us? Why? Why are they killing innocent people? isn't it unfair? He (referring to her son-in-law) left behind three children like this. Isn't it unfair?"

10. PALESTINIANS CRYING

11. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN CRYING

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN WOMAN WHOSE BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS KILLED WHILE WAITING FOR AID NEAR GAZA'S RAFAH, ELHAM AL-QUDRA, SAYING:

“He went to get food for his children. His children were dying of hunger. He said, ‘I want to go (get food),’ and he died. My sister’s husband died—he left his three children behind and died. Three little children—one of them is still breastfeeding. He’s nine months old.”

13. VARIOUS OF FUNERAL OF PALESTINIANS KILLED

14. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS CARRYING BODY AND CHEERING FOR MARTYRS