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Israel's attacks on Gaza healthcare 'genocidal acts': UN

Gaza death toll from Israeli war reaches 48,524

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Israel's destruction of Gaza's reproductive health centres amounts to 'genocide': UNUN inquiry finds Israel responsible for sexual violence and the destruction of healthcare in Gaza, including the targeting of maternity wards and reproductive centres.

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Gaza death toll from Israeli war reaches 48,524 as more bodies found under rubbleGaza’s death toll from Israel’s destructive war since October 2023 has reached 48,524 as more bodies of Palestinians were found in the rubble, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said the toll included seven bodies retrieved from the rubble and two people killed by Israeli army fire in the last 24 hours. The ministry said 14 more injured Palestinians were transferred to hospitals, taking the number of injuries to 111,955 in the Israeli onslaught. “Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” the ministry said.

Israeli forces arrest 25 more Palestinians in West Bank raidsThe Israeli army rounded up at least 25 more Palestinians in fresh military raids in the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. Former prisoners were among the detainees in the raids that targeted several towns in the West Bank, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.

UN: Israel's attacks on Gaza healthcare 'genocidal acts'A United Nations investigation concluded that Israel carried out "genocidal" acts in Gaza through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities. The UN Commission of Inquiry found that Israeli authorities "have destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of Palestinians in Gaza as a group through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare, amounting to two categories of genocidal acts", it said in a statement. Israel "categorically rejects" the allegations, its mission in Geneva said.

‘Why are the dogs so fat? Because they are looking for corpses’A new UN observation has laid bare the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, where residents don’t have anything to eat and dogs are getting fatter eating on the corpses.

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Egypt appreciates Trump's decision not to displace Palestinians from GazaEgypt said it appreciated US President Donald Trump's remarks on not demanding that Palestinians in Gaza leave the enclave, according to a statement from the foreign ministry. Trump said on Wednesday that "nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza," in response to a question during a meeting in the White House with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.

Lebanese army receives released soldier detained by Israel on Sunday, army saysThe Lebanese army received a soldier who had been detained by Israel on Sunday, the army said in a post on X. Israel said it would release five Lebanese held by its military in a "gesture to the Lebanese president."

Palestinians injured in Israeli raid on Joseph's Tomb in NablusClashes erupted late Wednesday between Palestinians and Israeli forces and illegal settlers who raided the Joseph's Tomb in the eastern part of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its medical teams treated a Palestinian woman who was injured by a stun grenade in addition to others who suffered asphyxiation from Israeli teargas bombs. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the Israeli army raided several areas in eastern Nablus city to secure the raid of the illegal Israeli settlers into the Joseph's Tomb site.

Europe slammed for 'hypocrisy', 'racism' over Netanyahu ICC warrantThe UN's Michael Fakhri cites ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, saying 'many European political leaders were surprised (when the ICC issued a warrant for Netanyahu) because they said that the ICC was designed to go after African leaders'.

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Palestinian worker dies after falling from construction site during Israeli forces' raid in JerusalemA Palestinian worker has succumbed to the wounds he sustained after falling from a construction site in the occupied East Jerusalem when Israeli forces raided the area. In a statement, the Jerusalem Governorate, the highest Palestinian local authority in the occupied city, named the victim as Raafat Abdulaziz Hammad, 35, who died of his injuries late Wednesday after being chased by the Israeli forces and falling from a height of five floors at a construction site in Jerusalem.