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Health officials say patients dying due to energy shortages as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies

The benefits of breastfeeding are well known – but the UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. The WHO recommends that babies should be exclusively breastfed up to the age of six months (when they can start having food in addition to breast milk). But just…

The European Union has condemned Hamas for using hospitals and civilians “as human shields” in Gaza, while also calling on Israel to show "maximum restraint" in order to protect civilians.

In the early hours of Monday, the air pollution was over 66 times the WHO limit in many places in Delhi, but gradually came down. 

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The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday they told Qatari mediators that the group is ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in return for a five-day truce. The news came after Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Hamas had "lost…

UN agency says three nurses killed at Al-Shifa, as WHO calls for immediate Israel-Gaza ceasefire to halt loss of life.

Hundreds remain trapped in Gaza’s largest hospital as fighting rages outside; Joe Biden says he expects ‘less intrusive action’

WHO says it has lost communication with staff in al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza; Israeli PM Netanyahu rejects international calls for ceasefire