Israeli forces killed several Palestinians seeking food supplies in the Gaza Strip's so-called "humanitarian zone" earlier this week, rescuers and relatives of victims told Middle East Eye. The deadly air strike had struck a tuk-tuk vehicle near an aid distribution point in the Miraj area north of Rafah.

The new bombardment on both fronts comes on the verge of a deadline set by the United States for Israel to dramatically ramp up humanitarian aid allowed in Gaza or risk possible restrictions on US military funding.

The strike hit a house in the city of Jabaliya, which has repeatedly come under attack as the Israeli military has pressed an offensive in northern Gaza.

Under US pressure, Israel allows more aid into Gaza Hours earlier, the Israeli military announced a small expansion of the humanitarian zone, where it has told Palestinians evacuating from other parts of Gaza to take refuge. Hundreds of thousands of ...

Palestinian medical officials say two Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 14 people, including two children and a woman, most in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone.

The Israeli military pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacks yet on the Hezbollah-controlled area after the defence minister ruled out a ceasefire until Israeli goals were met.

Airstrikes came hours after Israel expanded the humanitarian zone and asked the displaced to seek refuge in areas it later bombed.