Dozens of Palestinians killed in Gaza raids

JERUSALEM, Oct 30 (AFP/BBC): The Israeli army said Monday that its forces killed "dozens" of militants in clashes through the night in Gaza as it presses its military response to the October 7 Hamas attacks.
The army said "troops killed dozens of terrorists who barricaded themselves in buildings and tunnels and attempted to attack the troops", and that a fighter jet had targeted a building "with over 20 Hamas terrorist operatives inside".
Thousands in Gaza break into
warehouses in search of aid
Thousands of people in Gaza have broken into aid depots to take supplies in what the UN called a "worrying sign of civil order starting to break down". The UN relief agency for Palestinians (Unrwa) said warehouses holding basics like flour and soap were ransacked.
The news comes as Israel intensifies military action against Hamas in Gaza. More than half of the Strip's 2.4 million inhabitants have been displaced and thousands of buildings have been destroyed, the UN says.
Hamas gunmen launched unprecedented attacks on Israel from Gaza on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 people and taking 230 hostages.
Since then, Israel has been carrying out strikes and now ground operations in Gaza, where the Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry says more than 8,000 people have been killed.
Unwra said its second largest depot - located in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip - was targeted on Saturday as it holds most of the humanitarian aid delivered by the UN.
People took flour, wheat and hygiene kits after storming this and several other storage facilities in the centre and south of Gaza, the agency said.
A senior spokeswoman for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Abeer Etefa, told the BBC that the raids on warehouses were "expected" because of the "difficult conditions facing people".
"The bottom line is that people are desperate, they are hungry," she said. Some of the displaced Gazans who took items from the UN warehouses told AFP news agency they had "no flour, no aid, no water, not even toilets".
Gaza resident Abdulrahman al-Kilani said: "Our houses were destroyed. No one cares about us. We appeal to the people of the world. All international powers are against us. We needed aid, and we wouldn't have done this if we weren't in need."
Attacks on US forces due to
wrong American policies: Iran
Iran said Monday attacks on US forces in Iraq and elsewhere in the region were a result of "wrong American policies" including support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
US forces have come under repeated attack in Iraq and Syria since Hamas gunmen poured across the Gaza border on October 7, killing 1,400 people and seizing 239 hostages, according to Israeli officials.
Israel has in response unleashed a withering bombing campaign against the Gaza Strip that the Hamas-controlled health ministry said on Monday has killed 8,306 people.
"The attack on American bases in the region, especially in Iraq, is the result of wrong American policies in the region, which we hope it will correct," said Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani.
He said the attacks were carried out by groups against "the US presence in the region and seriously opposed to American support for the crimes of the Zionist regime (Israel)".
"You reap what you sow," he said, urging the United States to "stop" backing Israel.
Iran, which backs Hamas financially and militarily, has hailed the October 7 attacks as a "success" but denied any involvement.
Hamas for 'decisive' action
by Egypt on Gaza aid
A top Hamas official on Sunday called on Egypt to take "decisive" action to speed up aid to Gaza amid criticism over the pace of vital supplies reaching the war-torn Palestinian territory.
"Egypt should not remain a spectator," Hamas politburo member Musa Abu Marzouk said in a statement. "We expect a decisive stance by Egypt allowing aid to enter Gaza as soon as possible."