The chaotic first days of a new food aid regime in Gaza backed by the U.S. and Israel

Scores of Palestinian men, women and children raced across a dusty expanse toward an aid warehouse in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

Scores of Palestinian men, women and children raced across a dusty expanse toward an aid warehouse in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. A few minutes later, a few emerged with bags and boxes of food.

Those were the desperate scenes that marked the first turbulent week of a new U.S. and Israel-backed plan for aid distribution in the enclave.

The United Nations World Food Programme said in a statement Wednesday that “hordes of hungry people” broke into its Al-Ghafari warehouse in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah attempting to get supplies being prepared for distribution.

The UNWFP cited "initial reports" that at least two people were killed and several more injured in the incident. NBC News was not immediately able to independently verify those details.

A Palestinian boy leaving the World Food Programme warehouse with a bag of food Wednesday.Eyad Baba / AFP via Getty ImagesAn Israeli military spokesperson said they were not aware of their forces being connected to the reported deaths, or of any shots being fired by troops.