The group, which has been harshly criticized by the U.N. and other aid providers, said at least five people had died in an attack on one of its buses.

Dozens of Palestinians been killed while trying to access aid in Gaza, hospital officials say. Two hospitals said 25 people were killed overnight, near a convoy transporting flour and a food distribution site run by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the area of the Netzarim corridor, an Israeli military zone in central Gaza.

The Israeli military said its forces fired warning shots toward suspects who were advancing while posing a threat to the troops.