U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela; Palestinian baby dies of exposure as winter storms ravage Gaza
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UNRWA
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Kerem Shalom border crossing
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The article discusses aid trucks entering Gaza through the Karam Abu Salem/Kerem Shalom crossing with disputed figures. This border crossing's history, infrastructure, the mechanics of how aid enters Gaza, and its role in the blockade provides crucial context for understanding the humanitarian access debate central to the article.
Three Palestinians are killed by Israel west of the Yellow Line. A nine-month-old dies of exposure in Khan Younis. Aid groups report that they are unable to reach Gaza with supplies necessary to withstand the effects of its winter storms. Israel approves construction of an additional 764 houses in illegal West Bank settlements. The U.S. seizes a Venezuelan oil tanker. The U.S. is considering designating UNRWA a “foreign terrorist organisation.” The Pentagon spent $2 billion on anti-immigrant operations. House approves the $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act. A U.S. citizen was assaulted and kidnapped by ICE in Minnesota. President Donald Trump threatens more sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Bolivia’s former President Luis Arce is arrested. Violence is surging in Sudan. Israeli soldiers fire at a UN convoy in Lebanese territory. Unidentified gunmen kill three soldiers in southeastern Iran. Burkina Faso releases its captive Nigerian soldiers. Fighting between Cambodia and Thailand enters its third day. Southern separatists threaten to attack Yemen’s capital. Drop Site releases a new report that shows how the Israeli state supports its settler militias as they terrorise Palestinians in the West Bank.
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The Genocide in Gaza
Casualty counts in the last 24 hours: Over the past 24 hours, the bodies of four Palestinians arrived at hospitals, while 10 Palestinians have been injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 is now 70,373 killed, with 171,079 injured.
Total casualty counts since ceasefire: Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 383 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 1002, while 627 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Ministry of Health.
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces west of the “Yellow Line”: Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed by Israeli fire west of the Yellow Line in Jabaliya on Wednesday. The director of Al-Shifa Hospital said doctors on Wednesday received the body of a 17-year-old boy who had been run over and crushed to death by an Israeli tank in the Jabaliya
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