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Main events on August 6th

  • Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip killed 44 Palestinians, including 18 aid seekers, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
  • The UN said “the lives of more than 100 premature babies are in imminent danger due to the lack of fuel”.
  • Hamas called for global protests in the upcoming days, demanding the opening of all crossings to allow aid into Gaza.
  • Israel launched several air strikes across southern Lebanon, killing a child and injuring three other people.
  • Hezbollah rejected the Lebanese government’s decision to disarm the group, saying that it will treat the push “as if it doesn’t exist”.
  • Slovenia became the first European country to announce a ban on all imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.