Israel is facing growing international pressure as aid distribution efforts in Gaza devolved into chaos during the first days of a controversial new mechanism backed by the United States and Israel.

Hamas knows if it loses control over the aid, it loses control over the people of Gaza, Danny Danon told the United Nations Security Council

The Israeli military is again advancing into Gaza and has blocked most aid, causing widespread hunger. A new but widely criticized system for getting relief in started operating this week.

Hordes of hungry people” broke into a UN warehouse in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza, in search of food according to the World Food Programme. In the video footage, you can hear faint sounds of gunfire in the background.

CAIRO (Reuters) -After a slow and chaotic start to the new U.S.-backed aid system in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians have been arriving at distribution points, seeking desperately needed food despite scenes of disorder and fears of violence.

Israel accused the United Nations Wednesday of seeking to "block" Gaza aid distribution, as the global body said it was doing its utmost to gather the limited assistance greenlighted by Israel's authorities.

A U.S.- and Israeli-backed private organization is overhauling the aid distribution system in Gaza. The United Nations says it undermines humanitarian principles.

A United States and Israeli-backed process for distributing aid in the Gaza Strip was criticised after scores of Palestinians were wounded across two days of deliveries. Fearful, desperate crowds thronged locations where food was being handed out,

This comes as the IDF claimed that 400 approved aid trucks were waiting for UN distribution in the Gaza Strip. United Nations Spokesperson Stefan Dujarric called the images of Gazans overruning aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip "heartbreaking,