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July 24, 2024

Gaza Death Toll Tops 39,100 as Israeli Lawmakers Label U.N. Relief Agency a "Terror Organization"
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The Palestinian Health Ministry says the death toll from Israel's war on
the Gaza Strip has passed 39,100, after one of the bloodiest ground
assaults of Israel's nine-month-old military campaign. Gaza officials
say at least 121 people, most of them women and children, have been
killed since Israel launched its latest offensive in Khan Younis, where
an estimated 150,000 people were forced to flee within a single day.

This week, Israel's Knesset advanced a trio of bills that would ban the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees - known as
UNRWA - and declare it a "terrorist organization." Israel's assault on
Gaza has killed at least 195 United Nations staff members - and at least
172 members of their families.

Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed four
Palestinians in less than 12 hours, including a 16-year-old who was shot
dead in the Qalandiya refugee camp. 


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