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The Gaza Genocide, West Bank, and Israel

• Israeli attacks kill at least five Palestinians across Gaza on Tuesday: Five Palestinians were killed and at least 13 injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza early this morning, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. Sources at Al-Aqsa Hospital told Al Jazeera Tuesday morning that a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli forces in al-Musaddar village in central Gaza and two people were killed by Israeli bombing on Salah al-Din Street in central Gaza. This follows at least six Palestinians killed on Monday, including four killed in an Israeli strike on a residential apartment west of Gaza City.

• Casualty counts: At least five Palestinians were killed and five injured in Israeli attacks

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