At least 30 people are dead after Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza region. One of the strikes included a home where displaced families were sheltering.
Palestinian health officials said 10 people were killed in a strike early Tuesday, Nov. 5, including four children. This followed a different strike late Monday night, Nov. 4, that left at least 20 people dead, including six children.
The Israeli military said the strikes were targeting a weapons storage facility. IDF officials said “numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians.”
The strikes came as the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) said Israel started letting fewer aid trucks into Gaza. U.N. officials said this is making shortages of food, medicine and other essentials worse. However, Israel denied that claim.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is pushing Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza. According to the State Department, Secretary of State Antony Blinken reviewed actions Israel has taken to increase aid and told the country’s defense minister more needed to be done.
It comes more than three weeks after the United States warned it would consider restricting weapons transfers to Israel if it didn’t take steps to improve conditions for civilians in Gaza. That includes allowing at least 350 aid trucks in per day and taking humanitarian pauses to enable aid deliveries.
Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave Israel 30 days to make significant improvements or risk losing crucial military aid from the U.S.
