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Israel says it has started new territory operations in Gaza

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip (AP)-Israel announced on Sunday that there is a limited amount of humanitarian aid in the Gaza After an almost three -month blockade, days after global experts Harned of famine.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a “hunger crisis” would endanger Israel's new military offensive in Gaza, and his cabinet approved a decision to enable a “basic” amount of food to the area of ​​over 2 million people.

It was not immediately clear when help entered Gaza or how. The Israeli military corporation, which is responsible for monitoring help, did not comment. Israel has tried to impose A new aid system despite objections from auxiliary workers. Netanyahu said Israel would work to ensure that the help does not achieve militants.

Israel imposed the blockade from March 2 and cut all foods, medicine and other supplies to Gaza Strip and urged Hamas to accept new ceasefire conditions. Israel resumed the war days later and smashed a two -month ceasefire.

I used to say Israel that it started in its new offensive “extensive” new country operations – the largest since that armistice. Air strikes killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, hospitals and doctors. The bombing also forced the main hospital of Northern Gaza to close when it reported direct strikes.

Israel wants Hamas to agree to a temporary ceasefire that would release hostages from Gaza, but would not necessarily end the war. Hamas says she wants to complete the Israeli forces in full and a way to end the war as part of every deal.


A Palestinian man who was killed in an Israeli air raid on the central Gaza strip will be brought to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

“If the Jews want a ceasefire, Hamas refuses, and if Hamas wants to have a ceasefire, the Jews reject him. Both sides agree to eradicate the Palestinian people,” said Abu Mohammad Yassin, who lived in Jabaliya, who was on foot or in Eskey Carts. “For God's sake, we spectage us. We are fed up with shifting.”

Israel's military, which recently called up tens of thousands of reservists, said that the soil operations are in the north and south of the Palestinian territory. The chief of staff Israel, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, said that plans include “disassembling” the strip.

According to the Nasser Hospital, in which it was fighting to count the dead because of the disease of the bodies, air strikes in and around the southern city of Khan Younis – including 18 children and 13 women – killed in and around the southern city of Khan Younis.

In the north of Gaza, a strike killed nine members of a family on a house in Jabaliya, according to the emergency services of the Gaza Ministry of Health. Another strike on a residence there killed 10, including seven children and a woman, according to civil defense, which operates under the government led by Hamas.

Israeli soldiers move tanks in the staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip in South Israel on Sunday, May 18, 2025 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli soldiers move tanks in the staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip in South Israel on Sunday, May 18, 2025 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel's military had no immediate comment. In the explanation in which the land operations were announced, the preliminary strikes said dozens of militants in the past week and competed more than 670 destinations. Israel accuses the Hamas civilian victims because the militant group works from civilian areas.

Talks in Qatar

Israel had said that it would wait until the end of US President Donald Trump Visit to the Middle East Before he started his offensive and said there was an opportunity for ceasefire. Trump did not visit Israel on his trip that ended on Friday.

Netanyah's office said that his negotiation team in Qatar “was working on recognizing every chance of a deal”, including one who fought against the release of all remaining 58 hostages, Hamas' exile from Gaza and the disarmament of the territory, against the release of all remaining hostages.

Hamas has refused to leave or disarm gaza.

The Gaza Ministry of Health said almost 3,000 people have been killed since the end of the ceasefire.

Frustration in Israel has increased. A small but growing number of Israelis refuses to result in military service and even risk the prison sentence. Other Israelis have shown photos of children who were killed in Gaza during weekly rallies to free a deal to liberate all hostages and end the war.

The war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, when the militants south of South Sala led by Hamas attacked 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 others. According to the Gaza's Ministry of Health, the Israeli retaliation measure has killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children, which in its count does not distinguish between civilians and fighters.

Saleh Zenati, wears his child's body nephew Khalid Zenati, during his funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in an Israeli army (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana). (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Saleh Zenati, wears his child's body nephew Khalid Zenati, during his funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in an Israeli army (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana). (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The hospital quotes Israeli 'victories'

Health officers said that the fights in the Indonesian hospital in the north of Gaza and an Israeli military deposit would have caused it to switch off. It was the most important medical facility in the north after Israeli strikes had forced the Kamal Adwan and Beit Hanoun hospitals last year to hire the offer services.

“There is a direct goal for the hospital, including the intensive care unit,” said Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian hospital, in a statement and added that no one could reach the facility in which around 30 patients and 15 medical employees were inside.

The military of Israel said that troops were active against militant infrastructure sites in the north of Gaza, including the area “right in the hospital”.

Israel has Repeated targeted hospitalsaccuses Hamas to be active in and to be active. Human rights groups and non -supported experts have accused Israel of systematically destroying the Gaza health system.

Displaced Palestinians flee on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Jabalia, North -Gaza, in Jabalia, North -Gaza, in front of the Gaza Strip, which flee in the current Israeli military operations. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Displaced Palestinians flee on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Jabalia, North -Gaza, in Jabalia, North -Gaza, in front of the Gaza Strip, which flee in the current Israeli military operations. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

In the north of Gaza, at least 43 people were killed in strikes, according to first aids of the Ministry of Health and civil defense. Gaza City's Shifa Hospital said 15 children and 12 women were among the dead.

A drone attack on Sunday afternoon killed at least seven Palestinians near a school protection displaced northwest of the city of the Ministry of Health. According to hospitals, other strikes in the central gaza have killed at least 12 people, including two children and four women.

In Gaza City around Mahmoud al-Aloul was lying over her daughter Nour al-Aloul's hidden body.

“You took my soul with you,” she called. “I used to switch off my cell phone how much you called.”

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Magdy reported from Cairo and Goldenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel. Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Writer, contributed to this report by Tel Aviv.

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