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Singapore has issued Internal Security Act orders against a 19-year-old student and a 30-year-old man radicalised by the Gaza conflict, marking the seventh and eighth cases triggered by the Israeli-Palestinian tensions since October 2023.
Palestinian authorities report 1,021 deaths since the Gaza ceasefire commenced, pushing the overall toll to 73,032. Humanitarian conditions continue deteriorating amid housing destruction and aid restrictions affecting nearly one million displaced Palestinians.
United Nations investigators have released a report accusing Israel of systematically targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, characterizing such attacks as central to an alleged ongoing genocide. Israel has rejected the findings.
The United Nations has condemned the Gaza ceasefire as a 'deadly illusion', citing 265 child deaths recorded since fighting formally ceased over eight months ago, raising urgent humanitarian concerns.