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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Kunal Purohit

Does Israel have the right to self-defence in Gaza?

An injured girl awaits treatment at the emergency ward of al-Shifa Hospital after an Israeli strike in Gaza City on November 5, 2023 [Bashar Taleb/AFP]

Israel has stormed Gaza’s largest hospital and bombed residential areas and refugee camps in attacks the United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk says have unleashed a “nightmarish” situation in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

There are growing calls for a ceasefire as the humanitarian situation worsens with risks of starvation facing thousands due to the Israeli blockade of the territory – home to 2.3 million people.

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