At least 54 Palestinians, including children and people fetching water, were killed Sunday in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting residential areas and displacement tents across the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said.

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, killing nearly 57,900 Palestinians so far, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages and a spread of disease.

Israel kills 27 Palestinians, injure 180 while waiting for humanitarian aid near distribution center in southern Gaza - Anadolu Ajansı

The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said, without providing proof, that Hamas had attacked an aid site.

Israeli forces attack Palestinians trying to get water in central Gaza, killing children, as civilian deaths mount.

Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children. Strikes on Friday night targeted areas in central and southern Gaza, leaving dozens dead. Separately,

More than 85 Palestinians have been killed, including 30 aid seekers, in Israeli attacks on the enclave since dawn.