Thirty Palestinians were killed and 60 others were injured by Israeli military action while waiting for aid in the north of the Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Sunday.

The latest deaths add to U.N. figures showing that more than 670 Palestinians have been killed since May near sites built under a new Israel-backed aid system.

German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan pledged assistance in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while on a visit to Egypt. "Germany will make a contribution to the reconstruction of Gaza once conditions allow,