Helicopters airlifted food to hungry survivors today while rescuers struggled to reach remote areas devastated by Bangladesh’s worst cyclone in a decade, amid fears the death toll could hit 10,000.

Hundreds of thousands of survivors were trapped today as rescuers fought to reach towns along Bangladesh’s coast ravaged by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 1,723 people.

PALESTINIAN militants vowed yesterday to take a terrible revenge on Israel after their troops killed a leading Islamic Jihad fugitive in a raid.

Israeli troops killed a top Islamic Jihad fugitive in a gun battle at his hideout today, prompting threats of revenge by the militant group and placing further strain on an already shaky ceasefire.