Hundreds of Palestinians have stormed sites where aid was being distributed by a foundation backed by the US and Israel, with desperation for food overcoming concern about biometric and other checks Israel said it would employ, Reuters reports.

By late afternoon, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claimed it had distributed about 8,000 food boxes, equivalent to about 462,000 meals, after an almost three-month Israeli blockade of the enclave.

Hundreds of Palestinians, including women and children, some on foot or in donkey carts, flocked towards one of the distribution sites in the southern city of Rafah, which is under full Israeli army control, to receive food packages.

Footage, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed lines of people walking through a wired off corridor and into a large open field where aid was stacked.

Later, images shared on social media showed large parts of the fence torn down as people jostled their way onto the site.

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