Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 31 in Gaza and 5 east of Beirut; US aid deadline expires
Palestinian medical officials said Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least 31 people in the past 24 hours while eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands that it allow greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war.