UN ceasefire bid fails as Gaza death toll soars
26 October, 2023 02:01
UN ceasefire bid fails as Gaza death toll soars
A Russia-backed UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire fails as Israel presses on with its deadly bombardments on Gaza.
- Al Jazeera condemns Israel’s “indiscriminate assault” on the besieged enclave after family members of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh are killed in an air raid.
- Journalist rights groups express grave concern as two dozen media workers have been killed since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
- US President Joe Biden spurs anger for questioning the death toll in Gaza and describing the deaths of innocent Palestinians as “the price of waging war”.
- At least 6,546 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, while more than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel since October 7.
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