At least 85 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in one of the deadliest days for aid-seekers since the war began, Gaza's Health Ministry said.

At least 73 Palestinians were killed on Sunday while trying to get food at distribution sites, officials said.

Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians near food distribution hubs in southern Gaza, witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say.

The Humanitarian Director in Gaza of Save The Children on Sunday said the situation in Gaza had "never been so bad" as at least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food at locations across the territory on the deadliest day yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.

At least 85 Palestinians were killed in Gaza while trying to reach food, marking the deadliest day for aid-seekers in the ongoing conflict.

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said.

Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday in the crush of a crowd at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip, the group said, the first time it has acknowledged deadly violence at its operations.

Thirty Palestinians were killed and 60 others were injured by Israeli military action while waiting for aid in the north of the Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Sunday.

At least 20 Palestinians died in a stampede at a Gaza aid site amid Israel’s blockade and a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza Sunday as they came under fire while waiting for aid to arrive from Israel, according to the Hamas-run health authority.

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed 22 people in Gaza City, including 11 children and three women, and 19 others in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said it has struck more than 120 targets in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, including Hamas military infrastructure of tunnels and weapons storage facilities.

After 21 months of devastating conflict with Israel, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians are facing what aid groups say is impending famine.