The Israeli military has acknowledged that the BBC confirmed it had conducted a previously unrecognized strike on the Mavasi region in southern Gaza, which reportedly killed at least one Palestinian and injured 30 people.

According to Hamas-run civil defense agency, the strike took place on Sunday - 31 Palestinians were killed in an incident near a new aid distribution center in Dynasty City.

The BBC identified a separate strike in the nearby city of Khan Younis while reviewing videotapes claiming to be displayed near the aid distribution center.

The IDF has not previously announced an explosion, and the country's Defense Forces (IDF) regularly releases operational updates online.

Only the BBC verified with the IDF, which acknowledged that it had carried out the shelling and said the incident was the result of "technical and operational errors".

They said the troops had fired fire at the "target" but the artillery had "deviated" and "miserably hit the Mawasi area" - the coastal area of ​​Khan Younis. The IDF provides no evidence for these assertions.

IDF rarely admits such "error". The BBC validated analysis of statements on the IDF's official telegraph account can only find four previous instances, namely "error", "technical" or "operational" errors related to the Gaza war since the beginning of October 2023.

The footage we reviewed from the Khan Younis blast began to appear later on Sunday. It shows the bleeding body surrounded by dust clouds in the area where Palestinians live in tents. Women and children can be seen running and screaming as they watch the injured person being taken away.

Israeli strikes attacked many displaced Palestinians have been in the sheltered areas. The United Nations estimates that 90% of the 2.1 million people in the area have been forced to flee their homes.

Shortly after the incident, an ambulance arrived at the scene to collect the injured. The BBC verified that many of the same injured Palestinians were identified in live videos and later hospital images.

According to Kuwait Field Hospital, a Palestinian was killed and another 30 people were injured on strike.

The video was initially incorrectly linked to the killings near the distribution site of Rafaxine’s aid.

However, the BBC verified the video to a location in Khan Younis - 4.5 km (2.8 miles) from the distribution site.

The civil defense agency run by Hamas said the "Israel shooting" killed 31 Palestinians near the aid distribution center. Israeli troops initially said it did not fire at Palestinians near the site, but military sources later told the BBC that the troops fired warning shots.

We use the position of the sun to determine that the shot was taken at night shortly before sunset. Local journalists who shot the scene also told the BBC that the incident occurred around 19:00 on Sunday - hours after the murder near the aid site.

The IDF stated that it did not provide numbers for those who died in the Khan Younis explosion and said that "the incident is under review."

The footage of the strike has been at the heart of the dispute between the BBC and the White House.

On Monday, the BBC verified and reviewed the video and debunked claims related to the killings near the Rafah distribution center.

Then, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took over our debunk post, who wrongly claimed it showed that the BBC had withdrawn reports of the killings of the aid center.

The BBC said in a statement that her comments were “misleading”, adding that she had been “confusing” the two stories.

"We haven't deleted any stories, we stick to journalism," the BBC statement said.

In response to Hamas' cross-border attack, Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza, in which about 1,200 people were killed and another 251 were taken hostage.

According to Hamas-run Gaza's Ministry of Health, at least 54,607 people have been killed in Gaza since then, of which 4,335 have been killed since the offensive resumed on March 18.