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According to an initial examination, the reported number of casualties resulting from the strike does not align with the information held by the IDF (military),
it said to AFP in a statement, which did not give its own toll
We are... losing loved ones every day,
said Deir el-Balah resident Naim al-RamlawiIsrael has violated all the rules of war in the Gaza Strip,
the commissioner-general of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said SundayI pray to God that a truce will be reached soon" and would allow Gazans to finally "live a decent life, instead of this miserable life",
he saidI want to say, to tell you, that all the world, not only the Christian world, all the world is with you, So the war will finish and we will rebuild,
the cardinal said, urging Gazans to never be afraid
The children are still inside the house. We are looking for them. They were sleeping in the living room, five of them together,
said a relative, Noman Abu Samra, as people searched rubble in Deir al-BalahWe hold the world responsible for what is happening and demand accountability for our suffering,
said Abu Safiya
Yesterday children have been bombed. This is cruelty, this is not war,
Francis said during his annual Christmas greetings at the Vatican
For Christmas, we celebrate the light and we are wondering where the light is. This is one of the places where the light is,
Pizzaballa saidYesterday they did not allow the Patriarch into Gaza as promised,
the pope said, referring to the Catholic bishop of Jerusalem who had reportedly tried to enter the Gaza Strip to visit Catholics there, but was denied entry by Israel
Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children,
the ministry said
Tonight’s reports of bombardment near Kamal Adwan hospital and order to evacuate the hospital are deeply worrisome. The hospital has been in the midst of fighting for too long and the lives of patients are at risk,
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a post on X late last night
The Syrian side indicated that the Syrian people stand at an equal distance from all countries and parties in the region and that Syria rejects any polarisation,
the statement saidAll of the martyrs are from the same family, including seven children, the oldest aged six,
civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal told the AFP news agency
An entire society here is now a graveyard … Over two million people are trapped,
she said, speaking from the Nuseirat campIt’s impossible for families to shelter in these conditions,
she said