Crowds overrun US-backed group's new aid distribution site in Gaza9 hours ago Share Save David Gritten BBC News Share SaveThousands of Gazans stampede towards a food distribution centreThousands of Palestinians have overrun an aid distribution site in Gaza set up by a controversial US and Israeli-backed group, a day after it began working there. Videos showed crowds walking over torn-down fences and earth berms at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF) compound in the southern city of Rafah. The UN and many aid groups have refused to co-operate with GHF's plans, which they say contradict humanitarian principles and appear to "weaponise aid". They also said Israeli troops stationed nearby had opened fire. But she added: "I think that most of us would agree that this is good news... the real story here is that there's food aid going in."