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Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
- The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
- 21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
- However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned
- Netanyahu wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Israeli state will not stop with its assault.
- The UN Human Rights Office said all attacks had to adhere to international humanitarian law.
- The WHO detailed how one Gazan child lost her whole family from one airstrike.
Israel continues to strike Gaza after UN Security Council demands aid be rushed in 'at scale'
- At Washington's insistence, the UN Security Council avoided calling for a ceasefire that would stop the 11-week-old conflict.
- It is still unclear what, if any, impact the vote will have on the ground.
- WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that "hunger is present, and famine is looming in Gaza".