India, June 24 -- At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch from controversial new aid hubs in Gaza - a likely war crime - the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.

The alert comes nearly a month since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) started operating on 27 May in select hubs, bypassing the UN and other established NGOs.

Its food distribution points have been associated frequently with confusion and shooting as desperate and hungry Gazans rush to fetch supplies, said UN human rights office spokesperson Thameen Al-Keetan.

"Israel's militarized humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution," he in...