Hospitals in Gaza reported the killing of more than a dozen people, eight of them food-seekers, by Israeli fire on Saturday as Palestinians endured severe risks in their search for food amid airdrops and restrictions on overland aid delivery.

Germany's Armed Forces or Bundeswehr carried out another airdrop of aid into the Gaza Strip, a spokesman told dpa on Saturday, amid famine in the embattled area. An A400M aircraft that departed from Jordan released 22 pallets of food and medical supplies weighing a total of 9.

A t least 91 people were killed near aid centers across the Gaza Strip between Wednesday and Thursday, according to reports from Hamas and local hospitals. Israeli forces were reported shooting at the crowds.