Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 22 near aid site as truce talks falter

Gaza rescuers said Israeli gunfire killed at least 22 Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution site on Sunday, shortly after Washington rejected Hamas’s response to a ceasefire proposal as “totally unacceptable”.

International critics, including some allies, have condemned Israel over the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Gaza, where the United Nations has warned the entire population faces famine after a more than two-month blockade on aid.

Israel recently introduced a revamped aid…