Multiple press outlets, including Fox News, the Associated Press, CNN, the BBC, and other outlets, ran with a report early Sunday morning claiming Israeli forces randomly opened fire on civilians gathered to collect aid. Sourced by the "health officials" and "witnesses," the claim involved dozens being killed and "at least" 175 injured.

Here are some excerpts from Fox News' report, which largely regurgitates the Associated Press' reporting. 

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Dozens of Palestinians killed, nearly 200 wounded while on their way to collect aid in Gaza https://t.co/fQhJgWrsY9

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 1, 2025

At least 26 Palestinians were killed and at least 175 were wounded as they made their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials and witnesses.

Witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds around 1,000 yards away from an aid site run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. A Palestinian journalist told the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near the aid site near Gaza's southern city of Rafah when Israeli tanks approached and opened fire on the crowd...

...The organization's distribution of aid has been marred by chaos, with multiple witnesses having said Israeli troops fired on crowds near the delivery sites. Before Sunday, at least six people had been killed and more than 50 wounded, according to local health officials.

The Fox News tweet has since been deleted. However, below is a screenshot of the tweet:

The Associated Press has even been running "death toll" updates, all sourced by Hamas-controlled "health officials."

One "witness," quoted by Fox News, says he saw 10 dead bodies after Israeli "warships, tanks, and drones" opened fire on the crowd. The absurdity of that assertion alone should have been enough to raise red flags for all these press outlets that rushed to publish those claims. If "warships, tanks, and drones" had started shooting indiscriminately into a mass of people, there'd be a heck of a lot more people dead than the 31 currently being claimed. We are also supposed to believe that such a massacre took place, but that not a single person in the vicinity captured it on video. 

Well, except someone did capture video of the exact time of the supposed war crime on video. Guess what it showed? 

To recap, major news outlets, including Fox News, ran with a completely unsubstantiated tale of IDF forces carrying out a mass attack on civilians trying to collect aid. They didn't ask for any proof before spewing claims that were obviously sourced by Hamas. Further, one day prior, Hamas told the United States that any ceasefire deal must include the cessation of current aid distribution. Why? Because when the terrorists don't control the aid, it strips them of their control over the people. Yet, these "news outlets" still uncritically reported a made-up blood libel about an aid center being the site of a massacre. 

This harkens back to the mass of false reporting in November of 2023 about Israel supposedly bombing a hospital and killing at least 700 people. By the next day, it was made clear that not only was there no bombing by Israel (a Palestinian Jihad rocket had fallen short in an adjoining parking lot), but that the actual death toll was around 25 people. Yet, CNN, the AP, Fox News, and the rest continue to cite the "Gaza Health Ministry" despite its long history of lying to prop up Hamas. What an absolute disgrace the press is. 

Editor's Note: This article was updated post-publication to include a screenshot of the since-deleted Fox News tweet, and for clarity. 

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