Trump says many in Gaza are 'starving'

US President Donald Trump said Friday "a batch of radical are starving" successful the besieged Gaza Strip, wherever rescuers reported much than 50 deaths successful Israeli aerial strikes since midnight.

Trump's little comments connected Gaza came arsenic helium capped the archetypal overseas circuit of his 2nd word that saw him sojourn respective Gulf countries but excluded cardinal state Israel.

A two-month ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas collapsed successful March, soon aft Israel reimposed a full blockade connected Gaza that assistance agencies accidental has sparked captious nutrient shortages.

On Friday, Gaza's civilian defence bureau said that 56 radical had been killed successful Israeli strikes since midnight, with medics reporting dozens much injured. When asked by AFP, the Israeli service made nary remark connected the strikes.

"We're looking astatine Gaza. And we're going to get that taken attraction of. A batch of radical are starving," Trump told reporters successful Abu Dhabi.

Israel chopped disconnected assistance to Gaza connected March 2, a maneuver it has said is intended to unit concessions from militant radical Hamas, which is inactive holding dozens of Israeli hostages it seized successful October 2023.

Hamas insisted connected Thursday that the restoration of humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged territory was "the minimum requirement" for talks.

It besides warned that Gaza was not "for sale" hours aft Trump again floated taking implicit the territory and turning it into "a state zone".

Israel's latest strikes sparked panic successful bluish Gaza.

"We were dormant erstwhile abruptly everything exploded astir us," northbound Gaza nonmigratory Umm Mohammed al-Tatari, 57, told AFP.

"Everyone started running. We saw the demolition with our ain eyes. There was humor everywhere, assemblage parts and corpses. We didn't cognize who was dormant and who was inactive alive."

Another resident, 33-year-old Ahmed Nasr, said the bombing continued done the night.

"We couldn't slumber oregon find immoderate peace. There is nary safety. We could dice astatine immoderate moment," helium said.

- 'Historic opportunity' -

Hamas sparked the warfare successful October 2023 with an unprecedented onslaught connected Israel that resulted successful the deaths of 1,218 radical connected the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based connected authoritative figures.

Of the 251 hostages taken during the attack, 57 stay successful Gaza, including 34 the subject says are dead.

The wellness ministry successful Gaza said 2,876 radical person been killed since Israel resumed strikes connected March 18, taking the war's wide toll to 53,010.

Israeli media reported that the subject had stepped up its violative successful Gaza, pursuing authorities support of a program to retake the territory earlier this month.

The service told AFP it was looking into the reports.

Israel's main radical representing families of hostages inactive held successful Gaza said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was missing an "historic opportunity" to get their loved ones out.

"The hostages' families woke up this greeting with dense hearts and large interest successful airy of reports astir accrued attacks successful Gaza and the imminent decision of President Trump's sojourn to the region," the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said successful a statement.

"Missing this historical accidental would beryllium a resounding nonaccomplishment that volition beryllium remembered successful infamy forever."

But different hostages household enactment radical called for much subject pressure.

"The subject unit indispensable beryllium overmuch stronger, with precocious intensity, and coordinated with diplomatic pressure, a implicit siege, cutting disconnected h2o and electricity," the Tikva Forum radical said.

The United Nations estimates that 70 percent of Gaza is present either an Israeli-declared no-go portion oregon nether evacuation order.

- 'Fundamental quality right' -

For weeks, UN agencies person warned that supplies of everything from nutrient and cleanable h2o to substance and medicines are reaching caller lows.

The World Health Organization said the past infirmary successful Gaza providing crab and cardiac attraction had stopped functioning aft an Israeli onslaught connected Tuesday near it "severely damaged and inaccessible".

UN peculiar rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of "killing what's near of Humanity".

Israel says its assistance stoppage and subject unit are meant to unit Hamas to escaped the remaining hostages.

But elder Hamas authoritative Basem Naim said the introduction of assistance into Gaza was "the minimum request for a conducive and constructive dialog environment".

"Access to food, water, and medicine is simply a cardinal quality close -- not a taxable for negotiation," helium added.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-supported NGO, said it would statesman distributing humanitarian assistance successful Gaza this period aft talks with Israeli officials.

But the United Nations connected Thursday ruled retired engagement with the initiative.

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