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.

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.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ramped up his criticism of Israel and repeated his call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would "take control of all" of Gaza after Israel pledged Sunday to allow a "basic" amount of food into the Palestinian enclave

France said the amount of aid Israel is allowing into Gaza is “totally insufficient,” as a U.N. official said aid trucks were yet to reach those in need.