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Israeli air strikes kill dozens in south Gaza ahead of offensive

Israeli air strikes kill dozens in south Gaza ahead of offensive

ISRAELI air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 47 Palestinians, medics said after Israel again warned civilians to relocate as it girds for an onslaught against Hamas in the enclave's south after subduing the north. The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Saturday it had received "horrifying" images and footage of scores of people killed and wounded in an attack on a UNRWA school in the Israeli-occupied north. "These attacks cannot become commonplace, they must stop. A humanitarian ceasefire cannot wait any longer," UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on social media platform…
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Nigeria: Gunmen kill dozens, abduct children

Nigeria: Gunmen kill dozens, abduct children

GUNMEN in Nigeria have killed dozens of people and kidnapped a number of children in separate attacks in two northern states, police and residents said, the latest incidents in a region dogged by armed violence. Armed gangs on motorbikes frequently take advantage of thinly stretched security forces in the region to kidnap villagers, motorists and students for ransom. Residents said armed men had attacked Janbako and Sakkida villages in northwestern Zamfara state on Saturday, killing 24 people. The gunmen also abducted several children who were collecting firewood in a forest in neighbouring Gora village. Hussaini Ahmadu and Abubakar Maradun, local…
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Dozens killed in besieged Mozambique gas town

Dozens killed in besieged Mozambique gas town

DOZENS of people were killed in an attack on the northern Mozambique town of Palma this week, a spokesman for the country's defence and security forces said, including seven people when a convoy of cars was ambushed in an escape attempt. Hundreds of other people, both local and foreigners, have been rescued from the town, next to gas projects worth $60 billion, Omar Saranga told journalists on Sunday. A British contractor was among the dead, killed when suspected Islamist insurgents attacked his hotel compound, The Times reported earlier. Hundreds of people fleeing the attack are arriving by boat in the…
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