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Among the 32 dead reported on Saturday, local time were at least 12 children, according to medical staff in the Al-Shifa Hospital’s morgue, where the bodies were brought.

Sites in southern Gaza where Israel is telling people to go are overcrowded, according to the UN and it can cost more than $US1,000 ($1,500) in transportation and other costs to move there.

An initiative headed by the UN to bring temporary shelters into Gaza said more than 86,000 tents and other supplies were still awaiting clearance to enter Gaza as of last week.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least more than 64,700 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

It said around half of those killed were women and children.

Large parts of major cities have been completely destroyed and around 90 per cent of the two million Palestinians there have been displaced.

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UNICEF last year estimated about 17,000 Gazan children were left without a carer. But that was an estimate based on the displaced population and the organisation said the true figure was likely to be higher.

A better assessment, it said, comes from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which estimates more than 40,000 children have been orphaned by the war.

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Israel’s economy is built on militarized capitalism. Its $14.8 billion in weapons sales this year alone are propped up by a marketing line as cynical as it is effective: ā€œbattle-testedā€ on Palestinians. A prime example is Smartshooter’s weaponry, an Israeli firm, being stocked by the UK military since June 2023 in a Ā£4.6-million ($5.7 million) deal.

More recently, Europe became Israel’s biggest arms purchaser, making up to 54 percent of total exports in 2024. In the wake of Brexit and the unpredictability of US President Donald Trump’s administration, Britain, in particular, has strengthened its defense coordination with Israel in an attempt to reposition itself as a key, relevant player in a multipolar order. Reports indicate London is preparing a $2.69-billion deal with Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, to train 60,000 British soldiers annually.

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