Israel lets limited aid into Gaza, easing its blockade as Netanyahu says his allies can't tolerate "images of mass famine" in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli officials said they also allowed in dozens more trucks carrying aid.

Israeli airstrikes have killed numerous Palestinians in Gaza amid international calls for a halt to military operations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the NATO leaders are appeasing Hamas and are inviting more attacks akin to October 7. The U.N. warned Tuesday that Israel's continued blockade of Gaza could cause the deaths of 14,000 babies in the next 48 hours.

The decision to include a film set in Gaza in the Cannes Film Festival's official selection comes at a particularly urgent time for the small coastal enclave, said twin Palestinian filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser.

JERUSALEM – Israel’s threats to drastically escalate the war in the Gaza Strip and its blockade of humanitarian aid to a Palestinian population at risk of famine have drawn the sharpest condemnation yet from some powerful Western allies since the conflict began 19 months ago.