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Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire killed 93 aid seekers

Demonstrators gather during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages. [AFP]

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on crowds of Palestinians trying to collect humanitarian aid in the war-torn Palestinian territory on Sunday, killing 93 people and wounding dozens more.

Eighty were killed as truckloads of aid arrived in the north, while nine others were reported shot near an aid point close to Rafah in the south, where dozens of people lost their lives just 24 hours earlier.

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