After 12 weeks of indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza, the US-supported Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip and a parallel upsurge in raids on the West Bank continue. So far, the Israeli attacks have resulted in significant casualties and damage mainly to defenceless civilian residents as of December 28, 2023. In Gaza, over 21,000 Palestinians, including 8,200 children, have been killed and more than 55,000 injured.
Crowds lined the route of the funeral cortege as it made its way from the city's Lutheran Cathedral to the cemetery where President Ahtisaari was laid to rest among other former presidents of the Nordic nation.
Dignitaries bid farewell to the late Martti Ahtisaari at a ceremony Friday in Finland's capital for the former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped facilitate peace deals in the countries of many of the mourners. Ahtisaari died Oct. 16 at the age of 86. More than 800 dignitaries and guests, including Kosovo President
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