| (BSS/AFP) - Gaza`s civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed at least 72 people in the Palestinian territory on Thursday, including 21 who had gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza.
Updating an earlier figure, civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the death toll had risen to 72, "due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip since dawn today -- 21 of them were waiting for aid".
The Israeli army told AFP that troops had fired "warning shots" at "suspects" approaching them in the Netzarim area where the civil defence agency said 15 people were killed waiting for aid, but that it was "not aware of any injured individuals".
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