Witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say Israeli troops have killed at least 32 Palestinians near aid distribution hubs in the latest deadly violence around people seeking desperately needed food.

At least 32 Palestinians were killed after Israeli troops opened fire on crowds of refugees seeking food from distribution hubs in southern Gaza, according to witnesses. The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF),

Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and injured 10. The wounded included a priest who had developed a close friendship with the late Pope Francis.

Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike.