Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site Tuesday, killing at least 27, in the third such incident in three days.

The Israeli military says three of its soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, in what appeared to be the deadliest attack on its forces since Israel ended a ceasefire with Hamas in March

The Hamas-run health ministry says more than a hundred people were injured in the attack. The aid distributor said the reports were "false".