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Fighting in Rafah has closed off a vital border crossing in southern Gaza, forced hundreds of thousands to flee and cut off humanitarian aid.
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South Africa asked the court to order Israel to immediately withdraw from the southern Gaza city, where more than a million Palestinians had sought shelter from the war.
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The Republican-led House passed a bill that would put restrictions on the president's ability to withhold weapons transfers to Israel in a vote that drew attention to a divided Democratic caucus on the war in Gaza.
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It says Israel must be forced to stop its operation in Rafah, in a fresh bid to the UN's top court.
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The men were killed as they were fighting in a dense area, a spokesman said, adding that the incident was "under review."
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Palestinians in Gaza marked the Nakba, or "catastrophe," commemorating the time hundreds of thousands fled or were driven out during the war sparked by Israel's declaration of independence in 1948.
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