Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territory

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Source: AP

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG
Updated 10:48 AM CDT, May 20, 2025

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli officials said they also allowed in dozens more trucks carrying aid.

It was not immediately clear whether the desperately needed supplies were reaching any of the over 2 million people in Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade for nearly three months. Experts have warned about the high risk of famine.

Under pressure, Israel agreed this week to allow a “minimal” amount of aid into the Palestinian territory after preventing the entry of food, medicine and fuel in an attempt to pressure the Hamas militant group.

After the first five trucks entered Monday, dozens more began entering via the Kerem Shalom crossing on Tuesday afternoon, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein said. The aid included flour for bakeries, food for soup kitchens, baby food and medical supplies.



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1. Feed some, kill some. What kind of policy is that?

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2. Israel is still obstructing, even that little pitifulaid.

...U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that although the aid has entered Gaza, aid workers were not able to bring it to distribution points where it is most needed, after the Israeli military forced them to reload the supplies onto separate trucks and workers ran out of time.

Wtf? Same old games by Israel to prolong the starvation and misery. Hoping Palestinians get so desperate they will willingly go to a hellhole in Libya because no place on earth is as bad as the hellhole created in Gaza.

Such inhumanity.