At least 73 Palestinians were killed on Sunday while trying to get food at distribution sites, officials said.

The Humanitarian Director in Gaza of Save The Children on Sunday said the situation in Gaza had "never been so bad" as at least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food at locations across the territory on the deadliest day yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.

At least 93 Palestinians queuing for food aid have been killed, according to officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, most of them reportedly shot by Israeli forces at the Zikim crossing.

Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians near food distribution hubs in southern Gaza, witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say.

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — 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.

Palestinians were shot dead during a food distribution on Saturday at a center run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, hospital officials said.