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Israel's brutal war on Gaza — now in its 199th day — has killed at least 34,151 people and wounded over 77,084 others as another mass grave is discovered in Gaza, with a majority of victims being women and children.

Israel's brutal war on Gaza — now in its 199th day — has killed at least 34,151 people and wounded over 77,084 others as another mass grave is discovered in Gaza, with a majority of victims being women and children.Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings after an Israeli attack on the Bureij refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza on April 22, 2024.

Significant human rights issues include credible reports of arbitrary or unlawful killings, enforced disappearance, torture and unjustified arrests of journalists among others, said the State Department's 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.Washington gives $3.8 billion in annual military assistance to its longtime ally.

The chief of the Israeli army's Central Command plans to resign in August, in the second such resignation by military commanders on Monday, according to Israeli media. The French presidency added that Macron had also reiterated to Netanyahu that France wanted an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and said Paris was working to ease tensions arising from clashes on the border between Israel and Lebanon.

Israel stepped up its accusations in March, saying over 450 UNRWA staff were military operatives in Gaza terrorist groups. "This has been a war on the right to health from the beginning," said Mofokeng, who is an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council but who does not speak on behalf of the United Nations."The health system in Gaza has been completely obliterated and the right to health has been decimated at every level".Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he discussed Israeli oppression in Palestine with the Iraqi leadership.

Mofokeng said reporting and collecting health data is going to be a"very big task" right now, adding:"But we know that a lot of people have been evacuated to the neighbouring countries and regions. And even that, in itself, takes extremely long to complete as a process." Columbia University students will attend classes virtually as school officials hope to deescalate tensions on the New York City campus after pro-Palestinian demonstrations led to mass arrests last week.

"Israel, as the occupying power in the West Bank, has of course the duty and task to ensure security there, within the framework of the applicable law," he added.Health workers have uncovered at least 283 bodies of people from a mass grave at the Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, Gaza's civil defence agency said.

"Moving forward, the Secretary-General appeals to all stakeholders to actively support UNRWA, as it is a lifeline for Palestine refugees in the region." It also targeted Israeli troops' positions near the Hanita site in Israel, opposite the town of Alma al Shaab in Lebanon, with artillery shells, and also hit a gathering of soldiers near the Israeli site of Dahiyra with rockets.Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has lauded Iran for taking a strong stand on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities there.

He claimed that Dawabsha confessed during initial interrogation that he killed Benjamin Ahimeir from Jerusalem on April 12 near Ma'ale HaShalom area.At least 34,151 people have been killed in Gaza from Israeli attacks, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. "We believe that the response has been fully disproportionate and has also been, in our view, a breach of humanitarian law in terms of the destruction of Gaza and also in terms of the killing of civilians, innocent men, women and children," Michael Martin said in a doorstep speech ahead of a EU Foreign Ministers Council meeting.

Another mass grave discovered in Gaza's Khan Younis after withdrawal of Israeli forces, with some bodies showing signs of torture. Ashraf Shannon has moreIsraeli artillery shelling targeted the eastern part of al Maghazi Refugee Camp and the southeastern area of Khan Younis, Palestine's official news agency Wafa reported.

Furthermore, Israeli warplanes hit the al Zaytoun neighbourhood south of Gaza City and the al Mawasi area west of Khan Younis city.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken by phone with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said that its teams in the occupied West Bank are subjected to violence and restrictions on movement.

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