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Marco Rubio says Hamas ‘must be eradicated,’ casting further doubt on Gaza’s shaky ceasefire
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday fully endorsed Israel’s war aims in the Gaza Strip, saying Hamas “must be eradicated” and throwing the future of the shaky ceasefire into further doubt. CBC | World News
Read More »Gaza’s population down 6% since start of war
The population of Gaza has fallen 6 per cent since the war with Israel began nearly 15 months ago as about 100,000 Palestinians left the enclave while more than 55,000 are presumed dead, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. CBC | World News
Read More »UN report finds Israel has destroyed Gaza’s health system, with ‘disregard’ for international law
Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have devastated the Palestinian enclave’s health system and raised serious concerns about Israel’s compliance with international law, the UN Human Rights Office said in a report on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys. It blamed the breakdown of law and order in large part on Israeli policies. CBC | World News
Read More »The Israel-Hamas war has wiped out most of Gaza’s farm land. The environmental costs are adding up
The Israel-Hamas war has devastated Gaza’s landscape in ways that may be irreversible, and a picture of the environmental harm is only beginning to emerge as violence spreads across the region. CBC | World News
Read More »Gaza’s Health Ministry has declared a polio epidemic. What does it mean for the territory?
The Gaza Health Ministry on Monday declared the Gaza Strip an “epidemic area” for polio. It said the presence of the virus is due to the destruction of critical infrastructure during the Israel-Hamas war. International organizations are calling for an immediate ceasefire to stop the possible spread of polio in Gaza and beyond. CBC | World News
Read More »Periods are a nightmare in Gaza’s crowded, unsanitary camps. Women are using birth control to skip them
Samah El-Nazli, a mother of four living in a makeshift tent in Rafah, is among millions of Gazans in overcrowded camps struggling to access food, water and sanitation as the war continues. She and others are opting to use birth control to delay their periods rather than scrambling to find costly feminine hygiene products. CBC | World News
Read More »This week’s airstrike against a food convoy adds to Gaza’s already high death toll for aid workers
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Read More »Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw
Israeli forces have withdrawn from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week operation, the Israeli military said on Monday, leaving behind a wasteland of destroyed buildings and Palestinian bodies scattered in the dirt of the complex. CBC | World News
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