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Israelis protest against Gaza war with rare decry over Palestinian casualties

Few days speak so profoundly to the soul of Israel than Holocaust Memorial Day. As the country sat in silence on Thursday to remember six million Jews exterminated by the Nazis, the same refrain was, as always, repeated by many: never again.

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Children in school shelter among 25 killed in wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza

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Israel ends mention of humanitarian zones as Gaza war grinds on

Israel has quietly stopped designating areas of Gaza as humanitarian zones since it resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory last month.

The move has heightened fears among aid workers for the safety of civilians sheltering in places previously deemed protected.

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He felt our pain’: Catholic church in Gaza grieves Pope Francis’s death

The first time he spoke to Pope Francis during the pontiff’s nightly calls to the Holy Family Catholic church in Gaza City, the congregant George Antone, 44, found himself at a loss for words.

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Pope Francis: tributes paid after head of Catholic church dies aged 88 – latest updates

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who was revered by millions of Catholics around the world, has died after a respiratory illness

• Pope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies

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China raises US tariffs to 125% as Xi invites EU to team up against Trump ‘bullying’

China has raised its tariffs on US products to 125% in the latest salvo of the trade dispute with Washington, just hours after Xi Jinping said there were “no winners in a tariff war”.

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Gaza medic deaths just the latest in Israel’s long history of changing its story over civilian killings

The Israel Defense Forces’ changing account of its killing of 15 Palestinian medics and civil defence workers is part of a long familiar pattern in high profile cases involving the killing of civilians.

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Dozens reported dead in Gaza after Israeli strike on residential block – Middle East crisis live

The death toll from an Israeli strike in the Shujaiya area of Gaza City has risen to 29 Palestinians, Reuter reports. Local health authorities said the deaths included children.

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Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza

A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers.