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Joseph Burrell, the EU's chief diplomat warned that,

quote, no help is entering into Gaza, as much of the aid arriving at the border is, quote, not used.

Felipe Lazarini, the head of Anruwa, the UN's refugee agency for Palestinians, said that the breakdown in

civil order in the enclave has made aid delivery more difficult.

Earlier Israel's tanks pushed further into Raffa as Israeli forces continued their offensive in southern

Gaza. To the north an Israeli strike on Gaza city killed a senior Palestinian health official, according to the

Enclave's health ministry, which is run by Hamas.

An explosion in a lithium battery factory in South Korea killed at least 22 people according to local officials.

One other is still missing.

The cause of the explosion is unclear.

The factory in Juasan City, an industrial centre southwest of Seoul,

the country's capital, reportedly held about 35,000 battery cells.

Gunmen in Dagestan, a Muslim majority republic in Russia,

killed at least 20 people in a series of terrorist attacks,

according to Russia's counter-terrorism agency. Street fights erupted after the attacks on

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