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A winter storm has compounded the suffering of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, flooding tens of thousands of makeshift shelters and leaving families without dry bedding or protection from the freezing cold.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said around 70,000 tents were flooded within the first 12 hours of the storm, while dozens of walls weakened by Israeli bombardment during genocidal war collapsed.

At least five people have been killed, including four children, due to the floods. Civil Defence teams received more than 1,500 emergency calls as rescue efforts were hampered by severe shortages of equipment and resources, with teams continuing to search for missing people

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says its two-day proposal remains the “most practical” roadmap for restoring security in the Strait of Hormuz, urging the US to lift its naval blockade, end the war and ease sanctions

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Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over overnight drone strikes that killed one person in Russia and injured seven in Ukraine as US-mediated peace talks are set to resume in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to reporters on his return flight from Azerbaijan:

- Türkiye and Azerbaijan are two brotherly states
- No one can undermine friendship, solidarity, brotherhood between us
- Attempts to drive a wedge between two countries are futile