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In Gaza, where banknotes are in short supply, Palestinians are forced to digitally transfer money to men known as exchangers who give them cash after taking a large cut for themselves. What’s left doesn’t stretch very far as wartime inflation has sharply increased the price of scarce food and essentials. CBC | World News
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Gaza ceasefire could be signed in coming days, source says, as Israeli strikes continue
The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought on Wednesday to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war in the Gaza Strip, where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians overnight. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza kills at least 20, survivors say
The Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz School in Khan Younis was struck without warning by Israel while displaced Palestinians slept on Sunday. At least 20 were killed by the strike, mostly women and children, survivors say. CBC | World News
Read More »Dozens of Palestinians sheltering in Gaza post office killed in single Israeli strike
An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll on Thursday in the enclave to 66. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli airstrikes kill at least 33 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
Israeli strikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 33 Palestinians, most of them in Beit Lahiya town in the north of the enclave, medics said. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli airstrikes kill at least 31 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
Israeli strikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 31 Palestinians, most of them in Beit Lahiya town in the north of the enclave, medics said. CBC | World News
Read More »‘There’s a diaper crisis in Gaza’: Palestinian mothers can’t find diapers for their babies
As the war continues to ravage the Gaza Strip, basic supplies such as diapers are harder to come by, and when they are available, are sold at expensive prices. Mothers like Asala Shehata have had to find alternatives, including washing diapers, to manage the needs of their children. CBC | World News
Read More »Amnesty report concludes Israel’s actions against Palestinians in Gaza constitute genocide
A new report from Amnesty International found that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its nearly 14-month-long deadly campaign in Gaza that has killed more than 44,000 people and displaced most of the enclave’s population. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 20 killed in strike on ‘humanitarian zone’ in southern Gaza
Some 20 Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike that set ablaze tents sheltering displaced families in a designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza. CBC | World News
Read More »As Hamas’s control of Gaza weakens, lawlessness poses deadly threat to civilians
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