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Israeli siege of Gaza raises fears of humanitarian disaster
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Palestinian men carrying away the body of a person killed by Israeli bombardment along a debris-littered street in al-Karama district in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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LONDON – Israel’s economic siege of Gaza is contrary to international law, the European Union’s top diplomat has said.
Referring to the weekend attack by Gaza-based fighters belonging to the Hamas militant organisation in which at least 1,200 Israelis – most of them civilians – perished, Mr Josep Borrell, who heads the EU’s diplomatic service, said that “Israel has a right to self-defence”.
