Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 in Gaza, officials say, as Trump wraps up Middle East tour

Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed 250 people in the last 36 hours, as President Donald Trump tours the Middle East with few remarks on Israel's intensifying war.

Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 100 people in the last 24 hours and injured hundreds more, according to the Health Ministry, as President Donald Trump tours the Middle East with few remarks on Israel's intensifying war on the enclave.

The United States would no longer give "lectures on how to live" to the Middle East, Trump said, as he focused instead on speeches about American glory, luxury jets and handshakes with billionaires.

Trump wrapped up his four-day tour of the region Friday, which included stops in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but not Israel, skirting attention on ceasefire negotiations or the lifting of Israel's total blockade on aid entering Gaza.

A community kitchen in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Thursday.Jehad Alshrafi / APSince March 2, Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid, medicine or commercial goods into Gaza, which Israeli officials say is intended to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages. United Nations officials have accused Israel of using “starvation a bargaining chip.”

The aerial offensive is raising fears of another ground invasion, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month that he would order the military to ramp up its operations and seize the entire strip.