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Palestinian toll rises to 75 - GN Midday

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday July the 10th. Here are the top

00:24stories at this hour. The Israeli occupation dramatically escalated its aerial assault

00:28in Gaza, now in its third day, killing 20 more Palestinians, including a family of

00:33eight, including five children, bringing the death toll so far to at least 75. Some of

00:39those who were killed were reportedly watching a World Cup football match when they were

00:42killed. A Qatari cell said to have been operating in the UAE under the direct supervision of

00:48Qatari intelligence has been smashed, Gulf News has learned. An official said the cell

00:52had been attempting to re-establish the al-Islah group linked to Egypt's terrorist-designated

00:58Muslim Brotherhood. A gunman killed four children and two adults during a domestic dispute in

01:03Texas on Wednesday before being taken into custody. The children, ranging in age from

01:08four to 13, were that of the gunman himself in the Houston-area rampage. Argentina clashed

01:14with Germany in an unprecedented third World Cup final between the two football powers

01:19on Sunday. After a goalless 120 minutes of play, Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 in

01:24a penalty shootout thanks to impressive saves from keeper Sergio Romero in the second semi-final

01:30last night. The British website Mail Online has apologised to George Clooney for alleging

01:35that his fiancée's mother opposed their marriage on religious grounds, a story Clooney

01:39called both wrong and irresponsible. Clooney is engaged to Beirut-born London lawyer Amal

01:44Al-Mudin, whose father Ramzi belongs to a prominent Druze family. Citing unnamed family

01:50friends, Mail Online reported this week that Beirut Al-Mudin wanted her 36-year-old daughter

01:55to marry a Druze man. It said Amal Al-Mudin risked being cast out of the community if

02:00she wed Clooney and claimed that several Druze women had been murdered for not abiding by

02:05strict Druze rules. And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature will be 40 degrees

02:10Celsius falling to 28 at night. That's all for now, thanks for watching. A reminder that

02:15our next bulletin will be on Sunday, but as always you can get the latest news at golfnews.com