The Israeli army released video footage on Tuesday (May 27) showing an empty distribution centre set up to distribute humanitarian aid in Rafah, Gaza.

In a statement released by the Israeli army, it said that "As part of the ongoing efforts to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, four aid distribution centres were established in recent weeks, in accordance with the directive of the political echelon and in close coordination with the United States."

As a small aid flow has resumed, Israeli forces - now in control of large parts of Gaza - have kept up attacks on various targets around the enclave, killing 3,901 Palestinians since a two-month-old ceasefire collapsed in mid-March, according to the Gaza health ministry.

In all, more than 54,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's air and ground war, launched following a cross-border Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023 that killed some 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage into Gaza.