New satellite images show masses of starving Palestinians rushing to American-backed aid distribution point to pick up food and water.

Photos taken by PlanetLabs shows innumerable Gazans gathering just over a kilometre away from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid site in Khan Younis, Gaza's second city.

They can be seen crowding around roughly 15 aid trucks that have been let into Gaza by Israel, as the Strip is entering a 'worst-case scenario' famine the world's main nutrition monitor warned.

Rival aid efforts have sparked a war of words, pitting Israel, the US and the GHF against the UN, international aid groups and dozens of governments from around the world. Some have accused Israel of deliberately starving Gaza's civilian population.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) said that air drops over Gaza will not be enough to avert the 'humanitarian catastrophe.'