Israel continued its genocidal war on Gaza Wednesday, killing at least 79 Palestinians, including many seeking food aid, the local Health Ministry said.

One of the sources on the ground told Türkiye's Anadolu Agency (AA) that 12 people were killed and several others were injured in a strike in the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

Thirty-three more people were killed by Israeli gunfire while attempting to obtain humanitarian aid in the Netzarim area in central Gaza, the official news agency WAFA said, citing medical sources.

Civil defense spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) that they were killed and many others wounded "following Israeli fire targeting thousands of civilians waiting for aid."

Bassal said the crowd was hit by Israeli "bullets and tank shells."