Health officials say at least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded in the latest shooting near Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution points in Gaza.

The aid system rolled out last month has been marred by chaos and violence, while the UN system has struggled to deliver food because of Israeli restrictions and a breakdown of law and order, despite Israel loosening a total blockade it imposed from early March to mid-May.

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, including more than two dozen near an aid site operated by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the centre of the enclave,

A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced enclosure to get food.