Ethnic cleansing fears rise as Israel squeezes space in Gaza: UN
Israeli forces are treating the ‘Yellow Line’, which is encroaching westward, as ‘a kill zone’, the OHCHR says.

Israeli forces are treating the ‘Yellow Line’, which is encroaching westward, as ‘a kill zone’, the OHCHR says.







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