According to reports, five people have perished after a parachute on an aid package flown into Gaza by air failed.
The five were reportedly murdered on Friday after at least one parachute failed to open, according to an eyewitness and the Gaza health ministry administered by Hamas, as reported by CBS News.
Five persons were killed, according to a Gaza medic cited by the AFP news agency.
Which air drop was involved in the incident is unknown. In recent days, aid has been sent into Gaza by the US, Jordan, Egypt, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium as worries about food among the populace have grown.
A source was mentioned by Jordanian state TV refuting the claim that a Jordanian aircraft was part of the event. A US official told CBS that preliminary findings did not support the involvement of a US air drop.
According to the UN, children in Gaza are starving to death and a fifth of the country's 2.3 million residents are on the verge of starvation.
Aid is seen falling from a C-17 cargo plane over al-Shati, north of Gaza City, in a region that has been mainly blocked off from help in recent months, according to a video uploaded to social media on Friday and confirmed by BBC News.
One of the enormous packages of supplies fails to open and falls in a more uncontrollably manner than the others, which fall with their parachutes deployed.
What might have gone wrong is hard to tell from the video, a screenshot of which is seen above. We're not sure if this video shows what happened, but it seems like individuals were slain.
Aid agencies have criticised the air drops, claiming they should only be used as a last resort and cannot satisfy the increasing demand.
The US, the UK, the EU, and others announced on Friday that they intended to create a naval channel to Gaza for the delivery of aid, which may start this weekend.
Although US officials have stated it will take weeks to build, the US has stated it will build a temporary harbour so that aid may be shipped directly into Gaza.
Western nations have put pressure on Israel to increase the number of roads it opens and crossings it makes available for the delivery of assistance.
David Cameron, the foreign secretary for the United Kingdom, stated: "We continue to urge Israel to allow more trucks into Gaza as the fastest way to get aid to those who need it."
Israel disputes that it is preventing aid from reaching Gaza and charges humanitarian agencies of not distributing it properly.
The Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom gate and the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing have been used by aid trucks to access the southern part of Gaza. However, aid has virtually stopped reaching the north, which was the focus of the Israeli ground offensive's initial phase, in recent months.
There are about 300,000 Palestinians residing there without access to clean water or food.
In the midst of the increasing desperation, last week saw the deaths of over 100 individuals attempting to reach a ground assistance convoy. Palestinians claimed Israeli forces shot the majority of them.
The Israeli military, which was in charge of the private assistance supplies, stated on Friday that its soldiers fired at "suspects" who they believed to be a threat rather than Palestinians near an aid convoy.
Following Hamas's strikes on Israel on October 7, which resulted in over 1,200 deaths and 253 hostages, Israel's military initiated an air and ground campaign in Gaza.
Since then, more than 30,800 Palestinians have died in Gaza, according to the health ministry operated by Hamas in the region.
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