LIVE: Israeli forces kill 30 Palestinians at US-backed aid site in Gaza

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Live updates,

• Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians gathered at an aid distribution site run by a US-backed group in south Gaza, killing at least 30 and wounding 120 others.
• Hamas is seeking changes to a ceasefire deal proposed by the US, but the country’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, says that the group’s response is “unacceptable”.

• Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 54,381 Palestinians and wounded 124,054, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
  
• The Gaza Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.