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Gaza death toll hits 91 as truce efforts build

AFP

Israeli air strikes killed 13 Palestinians on Monday, hiking the Gaza death toll to 91 as global efforts to broker a truce to end the worst violence in four years gathered pace. The latest bloodshed in the densely populated coastal enclave came after a night of earth-rattling raids.

Abbas urges peaceful demos over Israel’s Gaza assault

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called on Sunday for Palestinians to stage peaceful demonstrations against Israel’s military offensive on Gaza militant groups. “I call on the Palestinian people to intensify their peaceful demonstrations in the streets against the Israeli aggression in Gaza,”