United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world should not be “intimidated” by Israel and its creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank, as the nearly two-year-long Israeli offensive in Gaza intensified yesterday, killing at least 51 people.

From the music, film to publishing industries, growing numbers of Western artists are calling for a cultural boycott of Israel over the Gaza war, hoping to emulate the success of the apartheid-era blockade of South Africa.

The Israeli military yesterday warned it would operate with “unprecedented force” in Gaza City, telling residents to flee southwards as it presses its ground offensive on the territory’s largest urban centre.

Only country to veto among 15-member council

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Israeli tanks and warplanes pounded Gaza City yesterday, prompting long lines of Palestinian civilians to flee as the military intensified its assault on the territory’s largest urban hub.

Israel categorically rejected the UN findings and slammed the report as "distorted and false".

The United States has already rejected that approach multiple times, most recently in June when they used a veto to back their ally Israel.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed yesterday as Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City on the second day of a ground offensive widely condemned by world powers. 

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The Israeli military unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday

Several governments, including those in Britain, France, Canada and Australia, have said they will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly this month

Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City yesterday, declaring “Gaza is burning” as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had faced in two years of war.

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Luc Frieden said that "the situation on the ground has deteriorated considerably in recent months"

The Israeli military launched a ground assault on Gaza City overnight Tuesday

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Rubio said the United States would work with Qatar to finalise a defence agreement soon despite the Israeli military action.

We will not relent and we will not back down until the mission is accomplished, says Israeli defence minister

Rubio showed no daylight between himself and Netanyahu on a visit to Jerusalem