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A United Nations warehouse in war-torn Gaza was broken into by "hordes of hungry people" as aid trickles into the Palestinian enclave on the verge of famine on Wednesday.(Source: Reuters Photo)
The World Food Programme said initial reports reveal two people had died and several were injured at the central Gaza warehouse. (Source: Reuters Photo)
The WFP appealed for an immediate scale-up of food aid "to reassure people that they will not starve."(Source: Reuters Photo)
Video shot by eyewitnesses verified by Reuters shows large crowds of people pushing into the warehouse and removing bags and boxes, as gunfire can be heard. (Source: Reuters Photo)
The incident comes ten days after Israel ended an 11-week-long aid blockade on Gaza, allowing a limited amount of relief to be delivered. (Source: Reuters Photo)
Israel has accused Hamas of diverting and seizing aid supplies in Gaza, while Hamas has refuted the allegations. (Source: Reuters Photo)
UN Middle East envoy Sigrid Kaag dubbed the aid Israel had so far allowed the UN to deliver as "comparable to a lifeboat after the ship has sunk". (Source: Reuters Photo)
The UN said that since the resumption of aid delivery last week, Israel had approved about 800 truckloads of relief.(Source: Reuters Photo)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the country was "taking control of food distribution" in Gaza.(Source: Reuters Photo)
The UN human rights office said that 47 people had been injured on Tuesday while seeking aid from the GHF, citing information from partners on the ground. (Source: Reuters Photo)
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric noted only fewer than 500 truckloads had made it to the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing. (Source: Reuters Photo)
The Distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), witnessed large crowds rushing the facilities, breaking barriers in search of food supplies. (Source: Reuters Photo)
