The near-daily shootings have come after a U.S.-backed foundation established aid hubs in Israeli military zones, which Israel says is designed to thwart Hamas.

Israel states that it retaliated towards a group of individuals who had left designated access routes near the distribution centre in Rafah.

At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in southern Gaza on Tuesday, health officials said, in a third day running of chaos and bloodshed to blight the aid operation.