Chaos broke out at an aid distribution site in Gaza run by a controversial US-backed group on Tuesday as thousands of desperate Palestinians rushed to receive food supplies, with Israeli troops firing warning shots into the air and the US contractors overseeing the site briefly withdrawing.

As Hamas struggles to maintain control in Gaza, new aid mechanisms expose its governance failures, increasing public calls for an end to the war and for hostages' return.

At least 44 people were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza amid escalating hunger and aid chaos. Desperate civilians looted a warehouse as starvation looms for one in five Gazans.

Cluster is deeply alarmed by the escalating humanitarian crisis resulting from the renewed Israeli military offensive across the Gaza Strip, which has forcibly displaced almost 180,000 people between 15-25 May.

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After the failed attempt to create a humanitarian pier to deliver aid by sea, skepticism ran high that outside actors could facilitate the mass transfer of aid across Gaza. And in the first 48 hours of its operations, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation faced a slew of online criticism — largely from activists and other aid groups.

The crisis in Gaza has reached one of its darkest periods, as Israel blocks all food and supplies from entering the territory and continues an intensifying bombardment campaign

Dozens of people remain at the medical centre, the last functioning hospital in the north of the Palestinian territory.

Chaos continues to swirl around newly-opened aid distribution centers in Gaza following months of an Israeli blockade. Emergency Physician Dr. Clayton Dalton traveled into Gaza and joins Ana Cabrera to share what he saw amid the worsening humanitarian crisis.