25 h. ago Gaza school sheltering displaced families reduced to rubble after Israeli strike

A school building where displaced Palestinian families were sheltering in Gaza City was reduced to rubble following an Israeli strike on Thursday, 3 April.

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51 h. ago Israeli bombing of Gaza school housing displaced Palestinians kills at least 27, say medical officials

Most of those killed were women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry

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59 h. ago At least 27 killed as Israeli strike hits a school in Gaza, say medical officials

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, say officials

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62 h. ago At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacementsAn Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel’s newly announced campaign to “divide up” the Gaza Strip.Three missiles hit Dar al-Arqam school in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood on Thursday afternoon, the civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said, killing several children and wounding 100 people. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 2 killed as Sudan's paramilitary intensifies attacks on displacement camp in North Darfur

At least two people were killed and others were injured in renewed attacks by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on a camp in North Darfur that is sheltering around 450,000 people displaced by the war in the country

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4 d. ago Households in these Council Tax bands could save up to £400 on energy bills

The Great British Insulation Scheme could help thousands of families reduce their gas and electricity costs this year as costs on tax, broadband and more is set to rise from today

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3 w. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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