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Israel Gaza: Community frozen as Hamas atrocities continue to emerge

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(Globeraccess) They are still finding bodies in the neighbourhoods near Gaza. Recovery teams on Wednesday pulled a woman's body from the rubble in Kibbutz Be'eri. She was naked, her feet bound with metal wire. One of the team said the bodies of more than 20 children had been found nearby, tied together and burned. Even experienced workers are struggling: deaths like this are enough to break the living. In Nir Oz, a line of ambulances and black vans processed slowly past the fence as we entered the kibbutz. This is now a place of stillness, the community frozen in the chaos of the attack. Cats provide the only movement - sliding between bright toys strewn across gardens, the collapsed rooves, the charred gaping skeletons of people's homes. Overhead, loud explosions regularly fill the silence. Gaza is only three miles away. Hamas gunmen attacked early in Nir Oz. Survivors say one in four people are dead or missing, including a B...

Nigeria calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar The Federal Government of Nigeria reiterated on Saturday its call for an immediate and sustained humanitarian truce between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza. The October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas fighters has killed at least 1,400 people in Israel and prompted retaliation that in turn killed more than 7,000 people in Gaza. The FG, in a statement signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar urged parties in the conflict to uphold the fundamental values of human rights and international humanitarian law, which place a premium on ensuring civilians’ safety and well-being even in times of conflict. According to the statement, Nigeria also called on the Israeli government “to grant humanitarian access to the millions of people that have been displaced since the crisis broke. “The lack of water, food, medical supplies and fuel shortages have compounded the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.” The minister called on all par...