Grieving Palestinians gathered at Al-Shifa hospital on Wednesday (July 30) to bid farewell to loved ones killed on Tuesday (July 29) while seeking aid.

At least eight people were killed by an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza on Tuesday (July 29), as they waited to get aid from trucks coming from Zikim, according to medics, and transport companies.

Israel has regularly said it takes steps to avoid hitting civilians. Israel has consistently said its actions are justified as self-defence. It says the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which ruled Gaza, is to blame for refusing to release hostages and surrender, and for operating in civilian areas, which Hamas denies.

The war began on Oct. 7, 2023 when Hamas militants stormed across the border into Israeli communities. Israel says the militants killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 people into captivity in Gaza.

Palestinian authorities said more than 60,000 Palestinians were now confirmed killed by Israel's air and ground assault on the Gaza Strip.

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SHOWS: GAZA CITY, GAZA (JULY 30, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. MOURNERS AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL CARRYING BODY OF A PALESTINIAN KILLED ON TUESDAY (JULY 29) BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE IN NORTHERN GAZA AS THEY WAITED TO GET AID FROM TRUCKS COMING FROM ZIKIM, ACCORDING TO MEDICS AND TRANSPORT COMPANIES

2. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS GATHERING AROUND SHROUDED BODIES

3. PEOPLE GATHERING, MOURNING OVER SHROUDED BODIES

4. MAN SITTING ON ROADSIDE

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN, IBRAHIM HIJAZI, 40, SAYING:

"You can ask anyone. For three or four days, you couldn't find any food. People were either dying of hunger; even in intensive care units, you find them starving with nothing to eat; or we would die in the places of death, the places of killing and destruction, where we go to get something to eat but end up bringing back our children to bury them."

6. PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND BODIES IN BODY BAGS

7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING, MOURNING OVER BODY IN BODY BAG

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN, IBRAHIM HIJAZI, 40, SAYING:

"If the crossings open, the simple, life-sustaining food that God Almighty has provided for all His creation would be accessible, easy, and blessed. But today, it has become difficult, soaked in blood."

9. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PRAYING OVER SHROUDED BODIES

10. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TRANSPORTING A SHROUDED BODY ON BACK OF TRUCK