# Health authorities in Gaza say at least 70 Palestinians died in Israeli military strikes yesterday when bombardments were intensified while US president Donald Trump’ visits the Middle East. Reuters quotes medical staff as saying most of the victims, including women and children, died in a barrage of Israeli airstrikes on houses in the Jabalia area in the north. According to a statement from the Health Ministry, some victims were still on the road and under the rubble where rescue and civil emergency teams could not reach them.
Israel intensifies Gaza bombardment as Trump visits Gulf