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Dozens killed trying to reach aid in Gaza At least 27 Palestinians were fatally shot and 161 others wounded on Tuesday as they tried to reach a food distribution center in Gaza run by a controversial U.S.-backed group, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Haley Ott

Gazans rush to pick up aid amid chaos London - The controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), whose operations got off to a chaotic start this week in the war-torn Palestinian territory, says it is winding down its Swiss operation after three months. The move comes as Swiss authorities said GHF was breaching rules for foundations registered in that country.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Haley Ott

A two-year-old British boy has become the youngest ever member of Mensa, the exclusive club that only welcomes people with an IQ of 132 or above, according to Guinness World Records. Joseph Harris-Birtill, born on November 23, 2021, was admitted to the organization at the age of just two years and 182 days. "It soon became clear that he was an exceptional little being," Harris-Birtill's mother Rose told Guinness World Records.

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Controversial aid group begins work in Gaza Harrowing cell-phone video shows the tiny silhouette of Ward Al-Sheikh Khalil trudging through rubble, her make-shift shelter engulfed in flames around her, after an Israeli strike hit the school where she and her family had fled to escape the war raging around them in the Gaza Strip. Khalil, just five years old, survived. Her mother and five of her siblings did not make it out of the burning building.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Haley Ott

World leaders reacted Thursday morning to the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., as the Israeli government blamed the attack on "antisemitic incitement" by other countries, "especially from Europe."Washington's chief of police said the suspect in the attack, identified as a Chicago man, shouted "free, free Palestine," as he was taken into custody. The victims were identified as a young couple, Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.