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.

Husam Zumlot, Palestine’s ambassador to UK, urges arms embargo and support in holding ‘war criminals’ accountable.

Elana Sztokman said there was no one event that led her to use the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s escalation of its war against Hamas in an essay she sent to her Substack subscribers. An American-born writer living in Israel for the past 30 years,

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Israel must cease its military offensive on Gaza and lift restrictions on humanitarian aid or face "concrete actions," the leaders of the U.K., France and Canada have said. Speaking to Newsweek from Gaza on Tuesday,

Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians in airstrikes in Gaza, local medics said, continuing to bombard the enclave despite mounting international pressure to halt military operations.