New Zealand on Thursday became one of the last Western countries to designate all of Hamas as a “terrorist entity”, saying the attacks of October 7 had shattered the notion its political and military wings could be separated.
“The organisation as a whole bears responsibility for these horrific terrorist attacks,” the government said, announcing a move that spells a freeze on Hamas assets in New Zealand and a ban on providing it with “material support”.
The health ministry in Gaza said Thursday that the number of people killed in the Palestinian territory during Israel’s war has surpassed 30,000.
“The number of martyrs exceeds 30,000,” a ministry statement said. It added that the toll includes at least 79 deaths reported overnight.
At least nine children died of hunger in hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the past day, the Al Jazeera television channel said.
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