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Gaza's health ministry said Saturday that the number of Palestinians killed while waiting to receive aid since late May had reached 1,924, with close to 14,300 others injured.
The UN human rights office had said Friday that at least 1,760 Palestinians had been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figure at the beginning of August.
"Since 27 May, and as of 13 August, we have recorded that at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid; 994 in the vicinity of GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) sites and 766 along the routes of supply convoys. Most of these killings were committed by the Israeli military," the agency's office for the Palestinian territories said in a statement.
On Wednesday, the chief of staff of the Israeli military said plans had been approved to occupy Gaza.