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.

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

Hamas has tried to maintain order and curb the civilians' growing opposition to the terrorist group's authority.

Four killed in Gaza as Palestinians storm UN warehouse in desperate search for food - As fears of starvation spiral, Gazans raided the building in a desperate attempt to find something to eat

The controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said Monday an undisclosed amount of aid trucks had reached the organization's hubs in Gaza and distribution had begun as Israeli airstrikes on a school sheltering families in the enclave killed 52 people.

Olmert wrote that while he had consistently defended Israel against accusations of genocide and war crimes, he could no longer stand by such assertions. "What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to bring back all hostages, "living and dead," as Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the war-battered Palestinian enclave.

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