Eight killed in Israeli strike on Gaza City college run by UN refugee agency

Eight Palestinians were killed yesterday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah.

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More than half of the fatalities were people from Egypt. Mohammed Torokman/Reuters/File photo

More than 1,300 people died during this year&s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials have said.

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US has ‘dramatically& reduced arms supplies to Israel, Netanyahu claims

The US has &dramatically& cut its arms supplies to Israel over the past four months and repeatedly ignored requests to reinstate them, Benjamin Netanyahu claims, as he doubled down in an argument with the US.

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Outrage as Israeli troops strap injured Palestinian to bonnet of truck as ‘human shield&

Israeli soldiers strapped an injured Palestinian man to the bonnet of their vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, drawing condemnation for using people in the occupied territories as human shields.

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Israeli bombardment leaves dozens dead across Gaza amid fierce clashes

Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza yesterday, as well as other areas across the enclave, killing at least 32 Palestinians as troops engaged in close-quarter combat with Hamas militants, residents and Israel's military said.

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Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah ‘kill at least 25&

Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians north of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50 according to Gaza's heath ministry and emergency workers.

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