JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Sixteen Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in Gaza on Friday, according to local health authorities, as a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group said it had handed out aid in the enclave after earlier saying that its distribution sites were closed.

As millions of Muslims celebrated Eid al-Adha on Friday, Israeli air strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, according to media reports.

Palestinians on their way to receive aid from a distribution site in southern Gaza have come under fire for a third consecutive day, with nearly 30 people killed and dozens wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Nasser hospital.