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'The death of a Palestinian child is no less horrifying than the death of an Israeli child,' author tells Al Jazeera.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history. In just over two months, the offensive has wreaked more destruction than the razing of Syria’s Aleppo between 2012 and 2016, Ukraine’s Mariupol or, proportionally, the Allied bombing of Germany in World War II. It has killed more civilians than the US-led coalition did in its three-year campaign against the Daesh group.

Known as 'El Gordo', the world’s richest lottery is set to pay out close to $3bn in prizes.

ANKARA: Turkish authorities have detained 304 people suspected of having ties to militant group Daesh in operations across 32 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday. The majority of the suspects were detained in Turkiye’s three biggest cities of Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, Yerlikaya said on social messaging platform X. He said the operation, “Operation Heroes-34,” was carried out simultaneously across the country.

UN Security Council vote is expected on Friday after four postponements, countries' disagreements over language of text.

New report says at least 576,600 people have exhausted food supplies and face catastrophic hunger and starvation.

Flags will fly at half-mast on December 23 as people observe a minute's silence for the victims of the Prague attack.