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Northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya declared disaster area amid Israeli siege

Palestinians transport the bodies of victims of Israeli strikes ahead of their funeral in Beit Lahiya [AFP]

The city of Beit Lahiya has been declared a disaster area as the Israeli military batters northern Gaza with air strikes.

The municipality made the declaration on Wednesday after an overnight attack that reportedly killed eight people. The strikes extended an Israeli onslaught that has killed about 350 people in the north of the enclave in the past seven days, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

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