The Palestinian death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip has so far risen to 56,331, with 132,632 others injured, since the outbreak of the conflict between Hamas and Israel on Oct 7, 2023, said Gaza's health authorities on Friday. Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks have claimed 72 more Palestinian lives and injured 174 others, according to Gaza's health authorities. At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and shelling across the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian sources said. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces opened fire on thousands of civilians waiting for food near a U.S.-backed aid distribution center, north of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. According to medics from Nasser Hospital in the southern Khan Younis city, seven Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured in the attack, some of whom were in serious conditions. In a separate incident, another Palestinian was killed and 39 others injured after the Israeli army opened fire on people waiting for aid in central Gaza, Nuseirat's al-Awda Hospital reported in a statement. Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, also reported at least 32 deaths across the enclave due to Israeli airstrikes and shellings. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on these incidents. Meanwhile, Hamas on Friday called on the United Nations to establish an international committee to investigate the killing of Palestinians by Israeli army fire outside U.S.-backed aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip. The faction considered the move "a blatant crime and further evidence of the brutality of the occupation (Israel) and its leaders," urging for the resumption of aid distribution operated by the United Nations and international humanitarian organizations. Palestinians have reportedly been targeted in recent weeks while waiting for food aid in various areas of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, sparking widespread international condemnation. Shotlist: Gaza Strip - June 21, 2025: 1. Various of injured children being admitted into hospital; 2. Body in plastic bag sent out of ambulance; 3. Man carrying body, criticizing Israel; 4. Various of bodies covered by white plastic cloths; 5. Two men crying in one another's arms; Gaza City, Gaza Strip - June 24, 2025 6. Various of injured people in hospital; 7. Ambulance; 8. Various of patient being transferred; Gaza Strip - June 26, 2025 9. People waiting in line to get food; Gaza Strip - June 20, 2025 10. Various of displaced people, tents. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]