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ISRAELI FORCES ON Monday killed five Palestinians in a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, an Israeli security official said, with Hamas Islamists confirming its fighters were among the dead.
The Israeli official told AFP the army was holding the bodies of the Palestinians killed in the early morning operation.
Hamas in a statement said it was mourning members of its armed wing killed “in an armed clash with the Zionist occupation”.
The bloodshed comes as the UN rights chief Volker Turk on Friday called for an end to the “illogic of escalation” between Israel and the Palestinians, amid a spike in deadly violence between the two.
Turk criticised Israel for measures that “can only lead to further violence and bloodshed”, following a surge in attacks and fighting that have drawn calls from the international community for calm and restraint.
Since the start of this year, the conflict has killed 36 Palestinians – including attackers, militants and civilians – as well as the six Israeli civilians, including a child, and one Ukrainian.
“Rather than doubling down on failed approaches of violence and coercion… I urge everyone involved to step out of the illogic of escalation that has only ended in dead bodies, shattered lives and utter despair,” Turk said in a statement.
© Agence France-Presse
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Hunger in many developing countries and Obesity and associated illnesses in other countries.
makes you wonder.
Obesity also becoming an issue in some developing countries, believe it or not.
Obesity and malnutrition are not opposites.
no wounder when money raised to help them is used on these go out to a third world country for two weeks and put in wster supplies etc would it not be cheaper to hire people from the countrys and let them do it instead of flying people out paying for hotels etc and it would leave more in the pot for the needy..a weeks wages is probably 10 but hundreds are used to send one person out..these countries must have trades men and if not it would be cheaper to train them
When you think of all the money we’ve given to all the charities, it’s easy to reason that your money has gone into the charity bosses pockets and not gone to where you meant it to go. Please, please , look for non-profit charities who can’t afford to advertise.
There are a lot of people in Ireland fat. There are also a lot of people hungry. It says it all about our society.
have your say