The military said Wednesday that troops fired warning shots at Palestinians who approached forces and posed a threat in the Netzarim Corridor area of central Gaza overnight, while Palestinian health officials reported some 25 killed as they approached an Israel- and US-backed aid facility in the area.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been beset by deadly incidents multiple days in a row since opening facilities on May 27. Some 20 people were reported killed on Tuesday, and the Israel Defense Forces stated then as well that Palestinians had approached soldiers in the corridor, posing a threat.

The tolls given by medical officials at Shifa and Al-Quds Hospitals on Wednesday cannot be verified. Israel has long charged that the hospitals are under the control of the Hamas terror group.

It is unclear when the reported shooting near the Netzarim Corridor took place. Last week, the IDF warned Palestinians not to approach routes leading to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time, saying these roads are closed military zones.

The IDF said it was aware of the reports of casualties in the area and is further investigating the incident.

The military said the Palestinians approached the troops “despite warnings that the area is an active combat zone.”

The foundation said earlier it was unaware of Wednesday’s incident but that it is working closely with Israeli authorities to ensure safe passage routes are maintained, and that it is essential for Palestinians to closely follow instructions.

“Ultimately, the solution is more aid, which will create more certainty and less urgency among the population,” it said by email in response to Reuters’ questions.

“There is not yet enough food to feed everyone in need in Gaza. Our current focus is to feed as many people as is safely possible within the constraints of a highly volatile environment.”

Later Wednesday, it said that it had delivered 45 truckloads of food, totaling around 2.5 million meals in 34,000 boxes. This represents the most meals the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distributed in a day, according to its own reports.

However, its contents are largely dry food products that require community kitchens or cooking equipment to prepare, which are very scarce in war-ravaged Gaza.

GHF opened three sites Wednesday, two in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood, and one in central Gaza.

The IDF said it is “unaware of gunfire by IDF troops” during daylight hours, after a video circulated online purportedly showed Palestinians running from an aid site as gunfire is heard. The military said it is investigating the footage further.

Additionally, footage taken Tuesday from one of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid distribution sites showed the compound being completely overrun immediately upon its opening by Palestinians rushing to secure food.

The video was filmed by one of the American security contractors working at the site, according to left-wing activist Alon-Lee Green, who declined to offer further details in order to protect the identity of the individual.

The large crowds of Gazans seen inside the designated fenced-in waiting area ahead of the site’s opening were overtaken by a rush of others hopping the outer fences of the compound.

The GHF has faced heavy scrutiny from other aid bodies, as well as the UN and foreign countries, which say that it does not sufficiently address the humanitarian needs in the war-torn Palestinian enclave.

Critics have also accused GHF of putting aid seekers in harm’s way, with operations beset by deadly incidents for multiple days in a row.

Israel and the US says the mechanism is required to keep aid out of the hands of Hamas.

Though the UN has continued to distribute aid in the Strip while GHF finds its footing, it has complained that it has been unable to deliver much of its humanitarian supplies due to IDF restrictions on movements and because roads that the military designates for its trucks to use are unsafe and vulnerable to looters.

The UN says the new system is unable to meet mounting needs, and allows Israel to use aid as a weapon by determining who can receive it and by forcing people to relocate to where the aid sites are positioned.

The Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced that 108 humanitarian aid trucks carrying flour and food entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Israel resumed aid deliveries to Gaza on May 19, after a pause since March 2. Since then, 1,459 trucks have entered the Strip.

Some of the truckloads have been taken to the new aid distribution sites run by the GHF. The contents of many of the trucks that entered Gaza in recent weeks are still awaiting collection on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.

The aid underwent inspection by Israeli authorities before entering Gaza via the crossing.

The Israeli Air Force hit dozens of targets across Gaza in the past day, including cells of terror operatives, buildings used by terror groups, tunnels, and other infrastructure, the military said in a daily update.

Some of the strikes were part of support for ground troops, the IDF said.

Palestinian media reported dozens of casualties in Israeli strikes across Gaza in the past day.

Two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded during a gun battle with a terror operative in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis on Wednesday morning, the military said.

The pair were taken to a hospital for treatment.

In northern Gaza, the IDF said the 252nd Division struck several operatives moving weapons to a building in use by Hamas. The troops also demolished a Hamas weapons manufacturing site, according to the military.

Additionally, the IDF said the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade destroyed buildings used by Hamas to store weapons.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Tuesday that “Israeli military operations have intensified in recent days, with mass casualties reported.”

The Hamas-run Health Ministry says more than 55,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants in battle as of January and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught.

Israel launched its war in Gaza following the Hamas assault on southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people and saw another 251 taken hostage. Terror groups in Gaza continue to hold 55 hostages, including the bodies of at least 33 confirmed dead by the IDF, and 20 who are believed to be alive. There are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said.

Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas, including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.

Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 429.