On Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli military confirmed two sites located in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah and the Morag Corridor - an east-west military zone that separates the city from the rest of Gaza - had begun distributing food to families.

The incidents underscore the problems getting supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians facing worsening hunger and starvation after a weeks-long Israeli blockade. On Tuesday, Israeli troops fired warning shots as crowds rushed to a distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,

The controversial U.S. and Israeli-backed plan aims to deliver aid directly to Palestinians through private security companies.