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Israel kills 42 civilians at UN school

A picture shows the face of a Palestinian boy found in the rubble of his destroyed house following an Israeli air strike in the eastern Gaza City neighbourhood of Zeitun on Tuesday (AFP photo by Mohammad Abed)
A picture shows the face of a Palestinian boy found in the rubble of his destroyed house following an Israeli air strike in the eastern Gaza City neighbourhood of Zeitun on Tuesday (AFP photo by Mohammad Abed)

Israeli shelling killed more than 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international pressure on Israel to halt a Gaza offensive.

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