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The suffering began from the day we left our homes,
said Ahmad Omrani, one of those affected by the order, as heavily laden vehicles, bikes and donkey carts weaved through the rubble The team expressed cautious optimism regarding the possibility of progress on the deal in accordance with the updated American proposal (based on the May 27th framework), including components acceptable to Israel,
He was a peaceful man,
said Abu Ahmed, a neighbour We underline the importance of avoiding any escalatory action in the region which would undermine the prospect for peace
In a joint statement with his French, German, and Italian counterparts, Mr Lammy added The current cycle of violence may lead to an escalation with dire consequences,
Mikati told Lammy, ... according to a statement shared by his office Here we used to park and load our goods,
Two of my sister's children were killed, another is in intensive care, and my other nephew is also in intensive care,
said Hussein Al Hussein, holding back tears as he listed relatives killed or wounded in the strike What did these children do to deserve this? They fled their country to escape death, only to find it here,
Six of my relatives were killed. They had nothing to do with the war,
For your own safety, move immediately to the humanitarian zone,
To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion,
Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement sent to AFP What have they done to deserve this?”
Ahmed Abu al-Ghoul, a local who witnessed Israel’s latest assault told the AFP news agency A massive fire broke out, burning everything in the warehouse as children were torn to pieces. Rescue efforts are still continuing to try to recover more bodies,
We are observing that the latest Israeli strikes have been wiping out whole families,
There was nothing at all like that,
The toll from the Israeli strike on the Ajlah family home and their warehouse in Al-Zawaida is 15 dead,
Three rockets hit the house directly,
Ahmed Abu al-Ghoul told AFP as rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble of the flattened house We are all worried about the regional situation,
Sejourne said after meeting parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of Lebanon's Hezbollah group This is one of the largest evacuation orders affecting the zone to date and it shrinks the size of the so-called 'humanitarian area' to about 41 square kilometres, or 11 per cent of the total area of the Gaza Strip,
They were asleep in their beds, kids and babies, then three missiles targeted their place,
said Abu Ahmed Hassan, a neighbour