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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
James Walker

Children among 25 killed by Israel in overnight strikes in Gaza

ISRAELI strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday killed at least 25 people, including eight children and five women, according to Palestinian medics.

Meanwhile, Israel’s Supreme Court is hearing a group of eight cases challenging prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial move to dismiss the head of the country’s internal security agency.

Israel ended a ceasefire with Hamas in March and has cut off all food, fuel and humanitarian aid to Gaza, a tactic that rights groups say is a war crime.

It has issued new displacement orders that have forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee Israeli bombardments and ground operations.

Israel’s war on Gaza, now in its 18th month, has killed over 50,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its records, but says more than half the dead are women and children.

Israel has vowed to escalate the war until Hamas returns dozens of remaining hostages, disarms and leaves the territory.

Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.

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