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As the war enters its 617th day, these are the main developments.

ACLU rejects calls for investigating Palestine solidarity student organisations, saying probes would 'chill speech'.

GAZA STRIP: Hamas said on Wednesday that seven hostages from its Oct. 7 attacks, including three foreign passport holders, were killed in Israel’s bombing of Gaza’s largest refugee camp. Dozens of bodies were seen on Tuesday at the Jabalia camp where Israel said it killed a Hamas military commander in a strike on a tunnel complex. “Seven detainees were killed in the Jabalia massacre yesterday, including three holders of foreign passports,” said a Hamas military wing statement.

Ukrainian authorities have said that cities and towns in the east have come under heavy bombardment over last 24 hours.

The crackdown on undocumented migrants mostly affecting some two million Afghans living in Pakistan without papers.

LONDON: King Charles will give the opening address at the COP28 UN global climate summit in Dubai, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. It will be the third time that the British monarch, 74, who has campaigned on environmental issues for more than 50 years, will deliver the opening speech, having done so at Glasgow's COP26 and at COP21 in Paris. The summit runs from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, and Charles will also attend a reception to launch the inaugural COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum which is running alongside the event, the palace said.

Ismail Haniyeh warns that hostages being held in Gaza face risk of 'death and destruction' from Israeli bombardment.