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World / 4 May 2025
More horror in store for Gaza

Ministers vote to escalate war on starving Palestinians

An Israeli army tank maneuvers in the Gaza Strip is seen from southern Israel, May 4, 2025
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ISRAEL'S security cabinet was poised late today to extend its deadly war on the Palestinians in Gaza.

The country’s so-called Security Cabinet was due to meet last night to approve plans to escalate fighting in Gaza more than 18 months after invading the impoverished territory it has besieged for decades.

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