The Fourth Israel-Hamas War:

• Israel carries out a wave of airstrikes, levelling a six-story building in Gaza City.
• Palestinian armed groups fire dozens of rockets into Israel.
• More than 210 Palestinians killed, 10 in Israel, since war began.

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Palestinians in Israel, Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank observed a general strike to protest the war and other Israeli policies that some rights groups say constitute an overarching system of apartheid. Israel rejects that characterization, apne.ws/XWOCT4o
BREAKING: Israeli medics say 10 people wounded, 4 seriously, in attack in southern Israel. apne.ws/f01TGHN
BREAKING: Israeli police say two Thai workers inside Israel have been killed in a strike launched from Gaza. Others were wounded in that attack that hit a packaging plant in southern Israel, police said. apne.ws/7nMLAoR
Latest on the Israeli-Hamas War:
• 1 Palestinian protester killed, more than 70 wounded in West Bank clashes with Israeli troops, officials say. Israeli army says 2 soldiers wounded.
• Netanyahu: Airstrikes have set militants back many years.
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The Biden administration is privately encouraging Israel to wind down its bombardment of Gaza, a source tells AP. The White House has so far resisted calls to ramp up public pressure on Israel to bring an end to a week of deadly fighting with Hamas. apne.ws/XnPH0dE

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