KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip — Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution center in the Gaza Strip early Monday. Gaza’s Health Ministry said six people were killed.

Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution center in the Gaza Strip

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said that Hamas had threatened its workers, a claim the militant group denied, as the United Nations warned that Gazans were far from getting the food they need.

Israel’s blockade of Gaza may have been partially lifted – and a new US-backed plan to deliver aid has begun. But there are multiple indications that the plight of Gazans is rapidly worsening.

Drip-fed aid, a starving population and the most air strikes since October 7: Gaza’s growing crisis in numbers - IN FOCUS: Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots has seen an escalation in attacks in Gaza.

Nattapong Pinta was taken hostage and later killed by members of a small militant group in Gaza, the Israeli military said.