Israel brutality claims additional 44 Palestinian lives

GAZA: Israel brutality mounted as it continued airstrikes in Gaza that resulted in the martyrdom of 44 more Palestinians on Friday.

Amongst the deceased were 13 people killed in an attack on two houses in Rafah. Among the casualties were three children.

In return, Hamas vowed to resist Israeli advances in the area, claiming to have inflicted significant damage to the Israeli military.

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Meanwhile, the United Nations (UN ) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volkerturk stated that there was an urgent needs for a ceasefire in Gaza.

He said that current turmoil in the Middle East was a direct consequence of the ongoing conflict,

A top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqeel was killed in a drone stroke by the Israeli military in Beirut, capital of Lebanon on Friday. This is yet another example of Israeli war crimes and infringement of its neighbours’ sovereignty.

The Lebanese Military of Health reported that the attack resulted in in 9 casualties, and left 59 injured.

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At the time of the strike, Aqeel was reportedly in a meeting with members of Hezbollahs‘s special forces Rizwa units.

Meanwhle, over 300 US citizens has been reportedly killed in explosions targeting US military units ins in region. The US government had previously placed $7 million for information leading to Ibrahim Aqeel’s arrest.