Palestinians try to get food at a charity kitchen providing hot meals in Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City. AFP
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that three people were killed by gunfire from Israeli forces while waiting to collect aid in the southern Gaza Strip near distribution centres run by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
In a separate incident, Bassal said Israeli fire killed five people in a central area known as the Netzarim corridor, where thousands of Palestinians have gathered daily in the hope of receiving food rations.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's operations began at the end of May -- when Israel eased a total aid blockade that lasted more than two months -- but have been marred by the systematic killing of Palestinians.
UN agencies and major aid groups have refused to cooperate with the foundation over concerns it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives.
Since late May, 450 people had been killed and 3,466 others injured while seeking aid in near-daily incidents.
The Israeli blockade imposed in early March produced famine-like conditions across Gaza, according to rights groups.
Israel's military has pressed on with its genocidal war across Gaza for more than 20 months, and even as attention has shifted to the war with Iran since June 13.
Bassal told AFP that three people were killed on Saturday in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City in the north, and one more in another strike on the southern city of Khan Yunis.
Israeli forces also demolished more than 10 houses in Gaza City "by detonating them with explosives", he added.
Israeli restrictions on media in the Gaza Strip and difficulties in accessing some areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by rescuers and authorities.
Earlier this week, the UN's World Health Organization warned that Gaza's health system was at a "breaking point", pleading for fuel to be allowed into the territory to keep its remaining hospitals running.
Israel's genocidal war on Gaza killed at least 55,908 people, mostly women and children.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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