Israel launches new ground operations in Gaza as airstrikes kill at least 103 people
Israel announced Sunday it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade to avoid a 맥스카지노hunger crisis맥스카지노 days after global experts on food crises warned of famine.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Cabinet approved a decision to allow a 맥스카지노basic맥스카지노 amount of food into the territory of over 2 million people, saying a hunger crisis in Gaza would jeopardize Israel's new military offensive there.
It was not immediately clear when aid would enter Gaza, or how. The Israeli military body in charge of overseeing aid did not comment. Israel has been trying to impose a new aid system, despite objections by aid workers. Netanyahu said Israel would work to ensure that Hamas does not control distribution and that aid does not reach militants.
Israel imposed the blockade starting March 2, cutting off all food, medicine and other supplies to Gaza, while pressing Hamas to accept new ceasefire terms. Israel resumed the war days later, shattering a two-month truce.
Earlier on Sunday, Israel launched 맥스카지노extensive맥스카지노 new ground operations in Gaza. Airstrikes in its new offensive killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics said.
Video below: Smoke rising in Gaza Strip as at least 103 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes
The bombardment forced northern Gaza's main hospital to close as it reported direct strikes.
Israel began the offensive 맥스카지노 the largest since it shattered a ceasefire in March 맥스카지노 with the aim of seizing territory and displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
Israel is pressuring Hamas to agree to a temporary ceasefire that would free hostages from Gaza but not necessarily end the war. Hamas says it wants a full withdrawal of Israeli forces and a path to ending the war as part of any deal.
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Israel's military, which recently called up tens of thousands of reservists, said the ground operations are throughout the Palestinian territory's north and south. Israel맥스카지노s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, said that plans include 맥스카지노dissecting맥스카지노 the strip.
Before the announcement, airstrikes killed more than 48 people 맥스카지노 including 18 children and 13 women 맥스카지노 in and around the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital, which said it struggled to count the dead because of the condition of the bodies.
In northern Gaza, a strike on a home in Jabaliya killed nine members of a family, according to the Gaza Health Ministry's emergency services. Another strike on a residence there killed 10, including seven children and a woman, according to the civil defense, which operates under the Hamas-run government.
Israel's military had no immediate comment. Its statement announcing the ground operations said preliminary strikes over the past week killed dozens of militants and struck more than 670 targets. Israel blames civilian casualties on Hamas because the militant group operates from civilian areas.
Shortly afterward, Israel맥스카지노s military said that it intercepted a projectile from central Gaza and another fell in an open area, with no injuries reported.
Talks in Qatar
Israel had said it would wait until the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East before launching its offensive, saying it was giving ceasefire efforts a chance. Trump did not visit Israel on his trip that ended Friday.
Netanyahu맥스카지노s office said his negotiating team in Qatar was 맥스카지노working to realize every chance for a deal,맥스카지노 including one that would end fighting in exchange for the release of all remaining 58 hostages, Hamas' exile from Gaza and the disarmament of the territory.
Hamas has refused to leave Gaza or disarm.
Israel ended the previous eight-week ceasefire in March. Gaza's Health Ministry has said almost 3,000 people have been killed since then.
Days before resuming the war, Israel cut off all food, medicine and other supplies to Gaza. The blockade is now in its third month, with global food security experts warning of famine across the territory.
Frustration in Israel has been rising. A small but growing number of Israelis are refusing to show up for military service, even risking imprisonment. Other Israelis have been displaying photos of children killed in Gaza during weekly rallies demanding a deal to free all hostages and end the war.
The war in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and abducting 251 others. Israel맥스카지노s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children, according to Gaza맥스카지노s Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count.
Hospital cites Israeli 맥스카지노siege맥스카지노
Health officials said fighting around the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza and an Israeli military 맥스카지노siege맥스카지노 prompted it to shut down. It was the main medical facility in the north after Israeli strikes last year forced the Kamal Adwan and Beit Hanoun hospitals to stop offering services.
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Israel맥스카지노s military said that troops were operating against militant infrastructure sites in northern Gaza, including the area 맥스카지노directly adjacent맥스카지노 to the hospital.
Israel has repeatedly targeted hospitals, accusing Hamas of being active in and around the facilities. Human rights groups and United Nations-backed experts have accused Israel of systematically destroying Gaza맥스카지노s health care system.
In northern Gaza, at least 43 people were killed in strikes, according to first responders from the Health Ministry and civil defense. Gaza City's Shifa Hospital said 15 children and 12 women were among the dead.
A drone strike Sunday afternoon killed at least seven Palestinians near a school sheltering displaced people northwest of Gaza City, according to the Health Ministry맥스카지노s emergency service.
Other strikes in central Gaza killed at least 12 people, hospitals said. One in Zweida town killed seven people, including two children and four women, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah.
In Gaza City, Um Mahmoud al-Aloul lay across the shrouded body of her daughter, Nour al-Aloul.
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Magdy reported from Cairo, and Goldenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman contributed to this report from Tel Aviv.
