UK governments calls for probe into deaths of Palestinians at Gaza aid sites

The UK government has called for an "immediate and independent investigation" into the deaths of Palestinians at aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip this week.

Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer said the deaths of Palestinians as they sought food were "deeply disturbing", and called Israel's new measures for aid delivery "inhumane".

On Tuesday, Israeli forces killed at least 27 Palestinians as they were attempting to reach a distribution site in Rafah for the US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. 

It was the latest in a string of Israeli attacks on Palestinians seeking aid at newly established GHF-run distribution points.

At least 102 Palestinians have been killed and over 490 wounded, in similar attacks over the past eight days since the initiative's launch, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.