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Dozens more killed in Gaza amid ceasefire talks

There are reports that all public hospitals in the north of Gaza are out of service.

Health authorities in Gaza say the Israeli military has killed dozens of people in another wave of strikes. They say all public hospitals in the northern Gaza strip are now out of service. The offensive is continuing even as in direct negotiations on a ceasefire are being held between Israel and Hamas in Qatar. We speak to Martin Griffiths, who was up until last year the most senior humanitarian official at the United Nations.

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(Picture: Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in the north of the Gaza strip on May 18, 2025. Credit: Mahmoud Issa/REUTERS)

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