The limited aid entering Gaza isn’t nearly enough, humanitarian groups say, warning that Israeli authorities' new rules have complicated distribution efforts.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza’s health ministry said Friday, as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip.

The U.N. says it is trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians.

Satellite images appear to show the construction of three large aid distribution sites in southern Gaza, amid reports about a controversial new United States-backed plan to bring more humanitarian aid to Gaza.

U.S. authorities called the shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., an "act of terror" and identified the suspect as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago.

Pope Leo XIV has called for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its people.

A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave, but the United Nations says the plan is not impartial or neutral,

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for immediate humanitarian assistance to help the people of Gaza after he said Israel has blocked international aid for 80 days, pushing the entire population toward famine.