United States and Israeli officials are discussing a mechanism to deliver aid to Gaza that bypasses Hamas, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told CNN.

Organizations in Gaza, messages circulated between security officials for aid groups seen by The Associated Press and witnesses say warehouses are being looted by Palestinians, some armed, as desperation for aid spikes after more than two months of Israel’s blockade.

The United States, Israel and representatives of a new international foundation are close to an agreement on how to resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza without it being controlled by Hamas,