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Four schools turn shelters run by the UN in Gaza have been damaged by

bombardment in less than 24 hours. The UN Agency for Palestinian refugees said.

The schools were sheltering almost 20,000 people.

One of them is at the Jabaliya refugee camp in North Gaza,

where the Hamas-run health Ministry says at least 195 have been

killed by Israeli air strikes this week. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister,

said that his country's forces are quote at the height of the

battle having pushed deeper into Gaza City. The Israel Defence Forces said they have killed more than 130 Hamas fighters during ground operations.

Sam Bankman Freed was convicted of defrauding customers of FTX, his failed crypto exchange.

A federal jury in New York found him guilty on all seven counts,

including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Mr. Bankman Freed faces a maximum of 110 years in prison.

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