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Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza and strikes ports in Yemen as Trump wraps up trip to region

Headline from The Columbian, from the development of May 16, 2025

Newest development May 18, 2025 · 4 reportsIsraeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens and force main hospital to close, health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched dozens of airstrikes across northern and southern Gaza on Friday -- attacks that local health officials say killed 108 people, mostly women and childre

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  1. Israeli airstrikes kill 85 Palestinians; aid allowed into Gaza hasn’t reached people

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    Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza and strikes ports in Yemen as Trump wraps up trip to region

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    Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens and force main hospital to close, health officials say

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Gaza rescuers say 80 killed in Israeli strikes amid hostage release talks (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Gaza rescuers said at least 80 people were killed in Israeli bombardment across the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to US envoy Steve Witkoff about the release of hostages.

  2. Digital Journal

    Strikes kill 29 in Gaza as hostage release talks ongoing (opens Digital Journal)

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    Gaza rescuers said at least 29 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday as negotiations took place in Qatar for the release of hostages still

  3. Al Jazeera

    Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 70 as ceasefire talks continue (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    At least 50 people were killed in attacks on northern Gaza, including in Jabalia refugee camp.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 70 people, including 22 children, health officials say (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The strikes came after Hamas on Monday released an Israeli American hostage, a gesture that some thought could lay the groundwork for a ceasefire.

  5. CBS News

    Israeli strikes in Gaza kill scores, dimming hope for a ceasefire despite Trump (opens CBS News)

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    Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly ramps up the war in Gaza, despite mounting pressure from Trump and castigation by France's president.

  6. Al-Monitor

    Gaza air strikes kill 94 as manhunt unfolds in West Bank (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Palestinian rescuers reported 94 people killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on blockaded Gaza, where a US-backed organisation said it intends to begin distributing aid by the end of the month.In the occupied West Bank, raids were ongoing and roads blocked after Israel's military chief vowed to find t…

  7. NBC News

    Israeli military strikes kill scores in Gaza, Palestinian medics say (opens NBC News)

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    Israeli strikes killed at least 60 in Gaza on Thursday, Palestinian medics said, as the United States and Arab mediators pushed for a ceasefire deal and U.S.

  8. Al-Monitor

    Israeli strikes kill over 115 Palestinians as Trump suggests to 'take' Gaza (opens Al-Monitor)

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    The stepped-up airstrikes hit residential areas and displacement camps, killing mostly women and children.

  9. Al-Monitor

    Gaza strikes kill 120 as Hamas says aid entry 'minimum requirement' for talks (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Palestinian rescuers reported 120 people killed on Thursday in Israeli strikes on blockaded Gaza, where a US-backed organisation said it intends to begin distributing aid by the end of the month.Aid to Gaza has been cut off since March 2, a tactic Israel has said is intended to force concessions fro…

  10. The Guardian

    Intense wave of Israeli airstrikes across Gaza kills at least 80 (opens The Guardian)

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    Violence in Palestinian territory higher than for several weeks as Donald Trump winds up Middle East visit

  11. NPR

    Dozens are killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says (opens NPR)

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    It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed dozens of people, including almost two dozen children.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Israel kills over 100 in Gaza as Palestinians mark 77 years since the Nakba (opens Al Jazeera)

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    New attacks kill at least 103 in Gaza as Israeli far right urges occupied West Bank assault on Nakba anniversary.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    Dozens killed as Israel ramps up Gaza strikes – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The Israeli army continued its operation in the Gaza Strip, carrying out multiple strikes for the second night in a row. Israel's government has vowed a "full force" push into the Palestinian enclave to "destroy Hamas."

  14. Al Jazeera

    Israel kills hundreds of Palestinians as it escalates attacks in Gaza (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Israel has killed at least 100 Palestinians in what’s reported to be some of the heaviest bombing since the war began.

  15. NBC News

    Israeli strikes kill scores in Gaza, officials say, as Trump wraps up Middle East tour (opens NBC News)

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    Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed 250 people in the last 36 hours, as President Donald Trump tours the Middle East with few remarks on Israel's intensifying war.

  16. Al Jazeera

    Breaking down a deadly week in Gaza as Israel kills hundreds (opens Al Jazeera)

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    More than 370 Palestinians have been killed by Israel this week, as the UN continues to warn of imminent mass starvation

  17. Al Jazeera

    Israeli attacks kill more than 100 as Gaza death toll crosses 53,000 (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Israel intensifies its bombardment of enclave as threatened, as curtain comes down on Trump’s Middle East tour.

  18. NPR

    More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes (opens NPR)

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    It has been a deadly week of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

  19. The Columbian

    Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza and strikes ports in Yemen as Trump wraps up trip to region (opens The Columbian)

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    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched dozens of airstrikes across northern and southern Gaza on Friday -- attacks that local health officials say killed 108 people, mostly women and childre

  20. Al Jazeera

    ‘Palestine bleeding before our eyes’: Israel kills 150 in Gaza in a day (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Israel says it carried out ‘extensive attacks’ as operation ‘Gideon’s Chariots’ launched to seize more land in the Gaza.

  21. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens and force main hospital to close, health officials say (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    Israel is escalating the Gaza war, which it says is meant to pressure Hamas to agree to a temporary ceasefire on its terms and release hostages.

  22. CBS News

    Israel strikes pound Gaza, killing dozens and forcing a main hospital to close (opens CBS News)

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    The bloodshed followed the launch of a new Israeli military operation aimed at putting more pressure on Hamas to release hostages.

  23. Digital Journal

    Gaza rescuers say children among 33 killed in Israeli strikes (opens Digital Journal)

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    Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children, a day after Israel announced an

  24. Military.com

    Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Kill Dozens and Force a Main Hospital to Close, Health Officials Say (opens Military.com)

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    Among the dead were 18 children and 13 women, hospital spokesperson Weam Fares said.

  25. Digital Journal

    Israel strikes Gaza after 'basic' food aid pledge (opens Digital Journal)

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    Israeli strikes killed at least 22 people in Gaza on Monday, rescuers said, after Israel pledged to let a "basic amount" of food into the territory to

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