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Gaza rescuers say 44 killed as Israel steps up offensive

A man walks at a destroyed gas station after an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 20, 2025. [AFP]

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Tuesday across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, where Israel has intensified a military offensive aimed at crushing Hamas.

Aid trickled into the Gaza Strip on Monday for the first time in more than two months, following intense international condemnation over Israel's total blockade that has sparked shortages of food and medicine.

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