BREAKING: Israel says to allow 'basic amount' of food into Gaza after three-month block

Israel has said it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a block of nearly three months. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the decision was to "allow a basic amount of food for the population to ensure that a hunger crisis does not develop".

When and how aid will enter Gaza is currently unclear. A blockade was imposed by Israel on March 2, with around 2 million people still in the territory.

It comes after launched “extensive” new ground operations in the Gaza Strip while airstrikes in a new offensive killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday, and medics said, and forced northern Gaza’s main hospital to close. Airstrikes killed more than 48 people in and around the Palestinian territory’s southern city of Khan Younis, some hitting houses and tents sheltering displaced people, according to Nasser Hospital, which said it struggled to count the dead because of the condition of the bodies.

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