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13 December 2023

A small girl pushes a broom over mud beside makeshift tents

A camp for displaced Palestinians in Dair al-Balah on 13 December.

Naaman Omar APA images

Gaza news roundup: The UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly for a ceasefire; widespread hunger is taking hold throughout Gaza; the Israeli military is mass arresting civilians, including children and women who tell of torture and abuse during days-long ordeals; and the deadly cost of Israel’s siege on the territory. Maureen Clare Murphy covers the latest developments on day 68 of the war.

Living in an asbestos-filled apartment is not the life that Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman, writing from Gaza, had imagined. When she was displaced from her home, she left behind her wardrobe and a part of her sense of self.

While human rights groups and genocide scholars are ringing the alarm bells over Israel’s extermination campaign in Gaza, the UN secretary-general’s special adviser on the prevention of genocide has remained silent.

A few people are profiting handsomely from the genocidal war against Gaza. Elbit Systems, a leading Israeli weapons maker, has reported a “considerable increased demand” for its products since the war was declared.