CAIRO/GAZA: Israeli fire killed at least 40 people, half of them near an aid distribution site operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday, the territory’s health ministry said, as UN officials denounced Israeli-backed aid delivery methods. Medics said at least 20 people were killed and 200 others wounded near an aid distribution site in Rafah, the latest in daily mass shootings that have killed hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach food since Israel imposed a new distribution system after partly lifting a near three-month total blockade.

Thirteen starving Palestinians killed while trying to get food near the Netzarim Corridor and in Rafah's al-Mawasi area.

At least 38 Palestinians were killed Monday near food distribution centers in southern Gaza, backed by Israel and the U.S., according to the local Health...