US-backed Gaza aid group says people ‘desperately need more aid’

A privately run aid organisation brought in to distribute food rations in war-hit Gaza last month with US and Israeli backing said Saturday that people in the Palestinian territory “desperately need more aid”.

The admission by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) that it has been unable to meet demand came after severe criticism from other aid groups and near-daily deadly shootings near distribution points.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday that Israeli troops had killed at least 17…