Critics warn a new bill clamping down on ethnic studies classes over antisemitism concerns goes too far.

<article data-history-node-id="421945" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-soldier-ordered-killing-15-rescue-workers-works-mercenary" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-soldier-ordered-killing-15-rescue-workers-works-mercenary" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Report: Israeli soldier ordered killing of 15 rescue workers works as a mercenary in the Congo</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Nikolai Ashurov, the Israeli commander who ordered and participated the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bodies-gaza-medics-found-handcuffed-and-shot-mass-grave">killing of&nbsp;15 paramedics</a>, rescue workers and UN staff in Gaza's Rafah, has surfaced in DRC Congo as a mercenary, training their military forces three days after his dismissal from military, Al-Quds newspaper <a href="https://www.alquds.com/en/posts/159435">reported</a>.</p> <p>On 23 March, fifteen humanitarian workers were found in a mass grave with around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them one week after going missing following responding to a distress call, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said, the evidence compiled by the draft included military records, social media activity, and multiple interactions with acquaintances and soldiers connected to the officer, all of which prove that Ashurov ordered&nbsp;ordered the ambulances to be fired indiscriminately as soon as they passed.</p> <p>According to an eyewitness Dr Saeed al-Bardawil, who was detained by Israeli forces and witnessed the crime firsthand, Ashurov himself opened fire on a UN vehicle, killing Kamal Shahtout, the UN field security officer in Rafah.</p> <p>Ashurov&nbsp;now works for a private security company in DRC Congo, the report said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="421942" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-malnutrition-cases-among-gaza-children-rise-80-april" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-malnutrition-cases-among-gaza-children-rise-80-april" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN says malnutrition cases among Gaza children rise 80% in April</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The number of children receiving treatment for malnutrition in Gaza rose by 80% in April compared to March, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.</p> <p>In its latest update, OCHA said 92% of children aged six months to two years, along with their mothers, are not receiving the minimum required nutrition. It also reported that 65% of the population lacks access to clean drinking water.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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