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Israel strikes Gaza as ICC ruling due

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An armed Palestinian militant leads the way as mourners carry a body during a group funeral of people killed in a raid by Israeli forces, in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank on May 23, 2024. [AFP]

Israeli forces struck the Gaza Strip on Friday, as the UN's top court was due to rule on a plea to halt the military offensive over accusations of "genocide".

Witnesses and AFP correspondents reported overnight air and naval strikes on Gaza City and gunfire to its south, with several casualties reported in two separate raids on residential blocks in the city's north and centre.

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