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Jan 16, 2024
Washington [US], January 16: Palestine's mission to the United Nations has criticised US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for not mentioning some 24,000 Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip in his post commemorating 100 days of Israel's war.
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