Israeli military strikes killed at least 80 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in an intensification of the bombardment as U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Middle East.

Abu Al-Abd Saleh says that the latest strike in Jabalia buried his children under rubble; he had to dig them out and rush them to hospital with injuries. But, he says he has no plans of leaving his home.

Israel has targeted Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday evening, according to a senior Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter.

Drones attacked a vessel carrying aid to Gaza in international waters off Malta. That's according to the group organizing the shipment said.

A vital lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents, these soup kitchens are under threat from the renewed devastation of military operations and Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid since March 2.

The U.S. confirms that Hamas plans to free Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, in hopes of advancing prospects for an enduring ceasefire.

Hamas has executed a number of alleged looters after several incidents in which heavily armed gangs attacked food stores and community kitchens in the Gaza Strip this week, sources close to the Palestinian militant group said.

Israel would not be involved in food distribution under a US-led plan for the Gaza Strip but would provide "necessary military security", Washington's ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said on Friday.