The Government Media Office reported that the Israeli occupation, in coordination with the American organization "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)," carried out a massacre against civilians waiting for aid, resulting in 21 martyrs—15 of whom died from suffocation and 6 from gunfire—along with a large number of injuries.

The office confirmed that the organization had invited hundreds of thousands of citizens to collect aid at a center named SDS3 in southern Gaza. After gathering thousands of people into narrow metal passageways deliberately designed to trap them, the gates were shut. Israeli soldiers and GHF staff then sprayed burning pepper gas and opened fire, leading to mass suffocation and the high death toll.