The latest Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 85 Palestinians today, while Israel, following criticism from the international community, is allowing greater humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory.
Israel launched a new military operation in Gaza over the weekend, saying it aimed to free dozens of hostages held by Hamas and destroy the militant group. In recent days, Israel has issued evacuation orders for Gaza's second-largest city, Khan Yunis, which has already suffered extensive destruction.
More than 300 people have been killed in Gaza during those attacks, health authorities say.
In the latest attacks today, two strikes in northern Gaza hit a family home and a school that had been converted into a shelter, killing at least 22 people, more than half of them women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas command center and had warned civilians in advance.
Two attacks in Khan Yunis killed ten people. Israel said it was targeting militants and blamed Hamas for the civilian deaths because the group operates in densely populated areas.
An attack in the central city of Deir al-Balah killed 13 people, and another in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp killed 15, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said.
The United Nations says that two days after aid began flowing into Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade for nearly three months, desperately needed new supplies have yet to reach the people. Experts have warned that some two million Gazans are at high risk of starvation.
Under pressure, Israel this week agreed to allow "minimal" aid into the Palestinian territories, where it has been preventing the delivery of food, medicine and fuel in an attempt to put pressure on the ruling Hamas militant group there.
Israel has said it will allow a few dozen aid trucks in per day, far fewer than the 600 that entered daily during the last ceasefire that Israel ended in March.
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