Israel kills at least 150 Palestinian children in fresh Gaza strikes

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Israeli strikes kill hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza within few hours

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Israel shatters truce in Gaza

UN chief 'shocked' by Israeli strikes on Gaza

Hamas: Head of government in Gaza killed in Israeli strike

Egypt and Türkiye condemn Israel resumption of Gaza aggression

Houthi media says new US strikes in Yemen

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Israel kills at least 150 Palestinian children in fresh Gaza strikesAt least 150 Palestinian children were killed in renewed Israeli air strikes on Gaza, a Geneva-based rights group has said. Images emerging from Gaza showed that the majority of the victims were civilians, including women and children, whose homes were bombed during the night. “The intentional killing of large numbers of people was evident in the Israeli attacks,” the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement. “Any attempt to disguise these crimes as security concerns or military necessities is nothing more than blatant deception meant to conceal the crime of genocide,” it added.

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Renewed Israeli strikes in Gaza 'must stop': EUEuropean Council chief Antonio Costa has called for an end to the renewed violence in Gaza, after Israel unleashed its most intense strikes since a truce established two months ago. "Shocked and saddened by the news coming from Gaza and the many civilian casualties following the Israeli airstrikes last night," said Costa, who heads the body representing the bloc's 27 states.

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Rafah border crossing in Gaza is closed: EUThe border crossing between Egypt and Gaza in Rafah is closed, a spokesperson for the European Commission has said. "The crossing point is closed, and the EUBAM mission of the European Union has started to put in place emergency procedures to deal with the situation as it develops," the spokesperson told reporters in Brussels.

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Israel attacks artillery position in southern SyriaThe Israeli military has said it carried out an air strike in the Khan Arnaba area in southern Syria. No casualties were immediately reported. However, Israel claimed to have targeted artillery.

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Islamic Jihad spokesperson reportedly killed in Israeli strikeAn Israeli air strike has killed the spokesperson of the armed wing of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, as well as his wife and several members of his family, sources associated with the group said. Naji Abu Saif, better known as Abu Hamza, was killed in an air strike that targeted his house in central Gaza, the sources added.

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Gaza medical facilities 'overwhelmed' after Israeli strikes: Red CrossThe Red Cross has said many Gaza medical facilities were "overwhelmed following a deadly wave of Israeli strikes, while the World Health Organization reported medicines running short. Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) colleagues were reporting that "many medical facilities are literally overwhelmed across Gaza," Tommaso Della Longa, spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told a briefing in Geneva.

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Jordan calls on international community to halt Israeli ‘brutality’ in GazaJordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan has called on the international community to halt Israel’s "brutality" in Gaza. During a Cabinet session, Hassan called the renewed Israeli air strikes on Gaza "an assault on humanity itself," urging the international community to act to halt “brutality against innocent women and children,” according to the state news agency Petra.

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Qatar demands international action to compel Israel to implement Gaza truceQatar's Prime Minister has demanded immediate international action to compel Israel to implement an immediate ceasefire, abide by the Gaza ceasefire agreement and return to negotiations.

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France condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza France has condemned Israeli strikes on Gaza, adding it was calling for an immediate halt to the violence, the French Foreign Affairs ministry said in a statement.

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Families urge Israel PM to 'stop the killing' of Gaza hostages Relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sacrificing their loved ones by carrying out a wave of deadly strikes that threatened a fragile truce. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said it had received no response to its request to meet with Netanyahu and other officials to hear how the remaining hostages would be "protected from the military pressure."

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