Facing growing international condemnation over Palestinians starving to death in Gaza, Israel’s military is making a series of moves that it says will allow more aid into the enclave. Follow for live updates.

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says the air drops "might help" but notes that the "most vulnerable" in Gaza would still struggle to access essential supplies.

The Israeli military said it had "struck the entrance gate" of the Syrian regime's military headquarters complex in Damascus.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Israel said it hit the aircraft at Iran's Dezful airport, Associated Press reported. The F-5s are part of Iran's aging fleet of fighter jets from the era of the shah.

Israeli forces seize the Handala aid ship as the total number of Palestinian deaths from starvation rises to 127.

While Israel's efforts to transfer humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip saw over 250 trucks carrying food enter through the border crossings this week, a backlog of trucks waiting to be picked up by international organizations inside the enclave was in the hundreds, the IDF said on Saturday.

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