Israel and Hamas have accused each other of killing Palestinians at aid distribution centres in Gaza.

Israel this morning declared that Hamas was 'weaponising suffering' in the embattled Strip after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US and Israeli-backed aid organisation, claimed the group attacked a bus transporting Palestinian aid workers.

At least five Palestinians working with GHF were killed in the ambush on the bus headed to an aid facility in southern Gaza, the group said.

A statement read: 'At the time of the attack, our team was en route to one of our distribution centres in the area west of Khan Younis.

'We are still gathering facts, but what we know is devastating: there are at least five fatalities, multiple injuries, and fear that some of our team members may have been taken hostage.'