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Jul 24, 2025
Gaza City [Gaza], July 24: A grim and powerful act of protest has taken place in Gaza. In the midst of the Israeli-US-imposed blockade on food and humanitarian aid - a policy that has already caused many Palestinians to die - a significant public figure has himself gone on hunger strike.
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