Gaza is facing a man-made drought as its water systems collapse, the United Nations' children agency said on Friday.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said 31 Palestinian aid seekers were among at least 60 people killed yesterday by Israeli forces, the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid distribution sites.

Some Palestinians in Gaza said their plight was being forgotten as attention shifted to the air war between Israel and Iran.

Israeli gunfire and strikes killed at least 140 people across Gaza in the past 24 hours, local health officials have said.

Gaza's civil defence agency said 31 Palestinian aid seekers were among at least 60 people killed Friday by Israeli forces, the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid distribution sites.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that five people were killed while waiting for aid in the southern Gaza Strip and 26 others near a central area known as the Netzarim corridor,

At least 16 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Saturday, according to local health officials. The 20-month war with Hamas has raged on even as Israel

At least 12 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while waiting for aid in central Gaza, according to rescuers and medics. Reports say the group was killed by gunfire near an aid distribution site run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Thursday.

Palestinians seeking aid continue to be killed near distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

The Israeli military killed 23 Palestinians after opening fire on crowds gathered near a humanitarian aid distribution site in central Gaza, reports the BBC. Tanks and drones fired on thousands of people near a center run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,