The U.S. and Israel are seeking to replace the traditional U.N.-led aid distribution system in Gaza, asserting that Hamas militants siphon off supplies.

Medical sources also report 116 killed across Gaza, including 38 desperate residents seeking food at GHF site.

While the international community criticizes the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a middle east expert says the U.S.- and Israel-backed organization is taking the power away from Hamas.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered Gaza on Friday to bring aid to victims of Israel's strike on the sole Catholic church in the Palestinian enclave, while he and a Vatican official questioned Israeli explanations for the incident.

UNRWA and WFP have urged Israel to open the gates and lift the siege on Gaza to allow much needed food, medicine and fuel.

The government media office in Gaza issued an urgent international appeal Saturday calling on the global community to immediately open safe and permanent humanitarian corridors into Gaza, end the deliberate politicization of aid, and lift the ongoing Israeli siege causing starvation.

Hamas-run agency reports 10 killed in separate incidents, which IDF says unaware of; Mossad chief reportedly meets with Witkoff to discuss transferring Palestinians out of Strip