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Israel has told tens of thousands more residents of Ruffa in southern Gaza to evacuate

as its troops prepare to step up operations there in defiance of warnings

that an invasion would paralyze aid operations and cause unacceptable civilian casualties. President Joe Biden has said America will not provide offensive weapons to Israel for

Rafa.

On Friday, a report from America State Department said it had found reasonable evidence that Israel's use of American supplied

weapons during the war had violated international humanitarian law.

In a new offensive in the Hararkiv region of northeast Ukraine that began on Friday,

Russian forces claimed to have taken control of five villages.

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