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Middle East crisis live: UN team saw ‘large number of gunshot wounds’ among Gaza food aid injured; Biden hopes for ceasefire by Ramadan

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UN team visiting Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital found many gunshot injuries after Thursday’s attack, says spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres; US ‘working hard’ for truce deal, says president

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The Palestinian Authority hopes a ceasefire can be agreed in Gaza in time for Ramadan, its foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said on Saturday.

Speaking at a news conference at a diplomatic forum in Antalya, Tukrey, Maliki said the Palestinian Authority would be “the only legitimate authority” to run Gaza after the war, reports Reuters. The Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self rule in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, lost control of Gaza to the Hamas militant group in 2007.

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