THIS is the harrowing moment thousands of Gazan people overrun an aid site just hours after it opened.

People are said to have broken through the fences of the compound to get humanitarian aid, with the IDF reportedly opening fire to disperse crowd.

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said the volume of people seeking aid at its distribution site was so great, at one point its team had to pull back to allow people to “take aid safely and dissipate” and to avoid casualties.

It also said that “Gazans experienced several hour delays in accessing the site due to blockades imposed by Hamas”.

It later added that control had been gained of the situation and food distribution has been resumed.

The foundation said it has so far distributed about 8,000 food boxes, totalling 462,000 meals.

Shocking footage shows thousands of Palestinian people desperately running to get aid at one of the newly opened distribution sites in southern Gaza’s Rafah.

Unconfirmed reports claim the IDF opened fire in the general area to disperse the crowds.

Israel imposed the blockade in early March after accusing Hamas of stealing supplies and using them to entrench its position, with the group denying the accusations.

Israeli officials said one of the advantages of the new aid system is the opportunity to screen recipients to exclude anyone found to be connected with Hamas.

Humanitarian groups briefed on the foundation’s plans say anyone accessing aid will have to submit to facial recognition technology.

Details of exactly how the system will operate have not been made public.

Israel makes extensive use of facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification in the occupied West Bank and has been reported by Israeli and international media to be using such techniques in Gaza as well.

It comes after Israel turned on British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer by accusing him of “emboldening Hamas” after the UK demanded an end to their military offensive in Gaza and restrictions to aid last week.

Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at the Prime Minister along with Canada and France saying they were on the side of “mass murderers, rapists, baby killers and kidnappers”.

The allies said earlier this week that they will take “concrete actions” unless Netanyahu changes course and saying Israel was risking breaking international law.