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SvennoJ on 14 August 2025
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Main events on August 14th

  • At least 32 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday, including 13 aid seekers, according to hospitals in the enclave.
  • Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced his intention to approve the construction of more than 3,000 homes in the E1 area settlement of the occupied West Bank.
  • Several countries and bodies, including the UN, have called on Israel to backtrack on its plans, which would allow it to completely encircle Jerusalem, bisecting land that would be used for a future Palestinian state.
  • More than 100 aid groups have accused Israel of obstructing life-saving aid from entering Gaza, resulting in vast quantities of relief supplies remaining stranded in warehouses across Jordan and Egypt.
  • Health officials in Gaza have warned Israel is starving to death “all sorts of people”, saying “frightening figures” of malnutrition-related deaths continue to mount.
  • An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle in the southern Lebanese town of Aitaroun, wounding at least one person.

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British MPs write to PM Starmer on Gaza situation, demand ambassador’s expulsion


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