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Guterres invokes UN Charter to call for UNSC action on Gaza

In a bid to push the paralysed Security Council to act on Gaza, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday invoked a rarely used provision of the Charter to call its attention to the looming “human catastrophe” there and to request a humanitarian ceasefire.

Israel-Gaza ceasefire strained by rockets, airstrikes

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that the aircraft struck a PIJ compound overnight used to construct missile components as well as the group's headquarters in the town of Khan Younis.

55 Palestinians killed as US opens embassy in Jerusalem

At least 55 Palestinians were killed and 2,771 were injured on Monday as Israeli troops fired on demonstrators along the Gaza-Israel boundary protesting the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, making it the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 Gaza war.