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Gaza City buries 50 people found after three years in the rubble

Civil Defence crews spent weeks pulling the remains out of five neighbourhoods with a single excavator. Some 8,000 people are still thought to lie under the debris.

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Doctors say malnutrition has permanently stunted famine survivorsHealth

Doctors say malnutrition has permanently stunted famine survivors

A six-year-old in Gaza City has the bone age of a two-year-old, and a 10-month-old born to a starving mother is being treated for her heart, kidneys and lungs. Food returning has not moved either diagnosis.

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All seven deaths in Gaza's latest count entered against the truceGaza

All seven deaths in Gaza's latest count entered against the truce

The toll since October 2025 rose to 1,273 killed, by exactly the number of bodies hospitals received in a day, while the separate count of recovered bodies did not move at all.

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Israeli forces enter a Bethlehem rehabilitation hospitalHealth

Israeli forces enter a Bethlehem rehabilitation hospital

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has asked the World Health Organization and the Red Cross to step in, saying entries onto medical premises have become a pattern rather than an exception.

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Gaza patients protest blocked medical transfers for a fourth monthGaza

Gaza patients protest blocked medical transfers for a fourth month

Some of those taking part hold approved referrals and finished travel paperwork, and say the crossings still stop them from leaving.

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