An AP journalist says Israeli tank and gunfire has been heard while giant crowds of Palestinians tried to reach a newly opened aid distribution center in southern Gaza.

Concerns raised in a confidential planning document appear prescient, with humanitarian groups, possible donors and some senior IDF officers questioning the plan.

One in five Gazans are expected to face starvation in the coming months, and children are especially at risk of severe malnutrition.

Days before Israel caved into international pressure and allowed "basic aid" into Gaza after imposing a total blockade, a video of military aircraft flying over the Giza pyramids was shared in false posts claiming it shows a "Chinese supply drop.

The Israeli military says 170 trucks with food, medicine and medical supplies crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday. It says the trucks belonging to the United Nations and other aid groups came in through the Kerem Shalom crossing after a rigorous security inspection.

Amid Israel’s blockade on Gaza, death can come from the lack of food — or from trying to find food. Early Tuesday morning, while workers with the Gaza Soup Kitchen prepared to serve meals for displaced families sheltering at a United Nations school in Mashrou’ Beit Lehia, Israel’s bombs began to fall.

A U.S.-backed foundation tasked with supplying aid to Gaza made a faltering start on Monday, with no clear sign that it had distributed promised supplies, a day after its chief unexpectedly stepped down.