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Israeli troops continue to pummel Gaza despite immense suffering

A FIERCE and relentless barrage of artillery strikes hit the people of Gaza yesterday as Israeli troops and armoured vehicles rolled into the area.

The action marked 23 days of a siege that has left Palestinians without food, water or fuel and came as British Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed following an emergency Cobra meeting that the hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets to call for a ceasefire were taking part in “hate marches.”

She urged police officers to take a “zero-tolerance approach to anti-semitism” after the meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, yesterday.

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