Israel said it would carry out “tactical pauses” in three areas of Gaza to facilitate the increased aid, and it restarted power to a critical water treatment plant.

Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

The casualties Sunday among a crowd around an aid convoy came as the United Nations said Israeli authorities are starving civilians in Gaza.

The casualties Sunday among a crowd around an aid convoy came as the United Nations said Israeli authorities are starving civilians in Gaza.

The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death.

The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death.

The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death.

The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death.

The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death.

The deaths were the latest in a series of incidents surrounding new aid distribution points that have been faulted for their procedures by aid experts.

The deaths were the latest in a series of incidents surrounding new aid distribution points that have been faulted for their procedures by aid experts.