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Gaza health officials say Israeli airstrikes overnight through Wednesday killed at least 52 people, among them multiple women and a newborn baby.
In Khan Younis, where Israel recently issued fresh evacuation orders ahead of an anticipated ground onslaught, 24 Palestinians were killed, including 14 members of a single family.
In central Gaza, a newborn infant was among those killed in the bombardment.
The fresh bout of massacres came as Gazans waited desperately for vital supplies after Israel falsely said it let in dozens of UN trucks.
The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) aid group said the amount of aid Israel has started to allow into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is not nearly enough and is "a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over".
"The Israeli authorities' decision to allow a ridiculously inadequate amount of aid into Gaza after months of an air-tight siege signals their intention to avoid the accusation of starving people in Gaza, while in fact keeping them barely surviving," said Pascale Coissard, the MSF's emergency coordinator in Khan Yunis.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric noted that while aid had crossed into Gaza, logistical delays—including Israeli-mandated truck transfers and time constraints—prevented workers from delivering it to distribution centers...
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