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ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES KILL DOZENS IN GAZA AS ALLIES PRESS FOR AID
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The Israeli military has shown no signs of responding to allies’ calls to halt its new military offensive in Gaza, despite health officials reporting that airstrikes killed at least 85 Palestinians overnight into Tuesday. Israel, however, said it is allowing in dozens more trucks of aid, including food, medicine, and flour for bakeries. The United Nations humanitarian agency received approval for around 100 trucks to enter Gaza, said spokesman Jens Laerke. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he decided to let in limited aid after pressure from allies, who told him they couldn’t support Israel while devastating images of starvation were coming out of Gaza. However, some close allies say Netanyahu’s decision is not enough. The British government announced it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and is leveling new sanctions targeting settlements in the occupied West Bank. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “horrified” by the escalation from Israel. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot denounced the Israeli government’s “blind violence” in Gaza, saying it has turned the Palestinian territory into a “place of death.” “This must stop,” Barrot said. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas command center and warned civilians ahead of time in the latest assaults, which have killed more than 300 people in Gaza, according to health officials. Criticism against Israel’s conduct in Gaza also came from within, with Yair Golan, a retired general and leader of the opposition Democrats party, saying Israel was becoming an “outcast among nations” due to the government’s approach to the war. Golan’s comments were rare criticism from inside Israel of its wartime conduct in Gaza. Netanyahu swiftly slammed Golan’s remarks, calling them “wild incitement” against Israeli soldiers and accusing him of echoing “disgraceful antisemitic blood libels” against the country.
