Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

<article data-history-node-id="432864" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/children-gaza-dying-cold-says-medical-group" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/children-gaza-dying-cold-says-medical-group" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Children in Gaza dying from cold, says medical group</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said children in Gaza are dying from the cold weather, urging Israel to allow more aid into the enclave.</p> <p>"A 29-day-old baby died at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, just two hours after arriving at the paediatric ward supported by MSF," the group said.</p> <p>"Despite all treatment efforts, the child could not be saved. He died from severe hypothermia."</p> <p>MSF added that "the harsh winter weather, coupled with already dire living conditions, is exacerbating health risks".</p> <p>It said it has recorded "high rates of respiratory infections, and these cases are expected to increase throughout the winter, posing a serious threat to children under five".</p> <p>"As Gaza is experiencing heavy rains and severe storms, the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in makeshift, dilapidated tents that are flooded continues."</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432865" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/thirteen-palestinian-deaths-gaza-recorded-over-past-day" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/thirteen-palestinian-deaths-gaza-recorded-over-past-day" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Thirteen Palestinian deaths in Gaza recorded over past day</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>In the past 24 hours, 13 Palestinians in Gaza have been reported&nbsp;killed, including seven previously unrecorded victims, according to the health ministry.</p> <p>The fatalities include six deaths killed by Israeli shelling which targeted a school that had become a makeshift shelter for the displaced in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, on Friday.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432787" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-de-registration-aid-groups-could-collapse-gaza-operations-un" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-de-registration-aid-groups-could-collapse-gaza-operations-un" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli de-registration of aid groups could collapse Gaza operations, UN says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United Nations and aid groups warned on Wednesday that humanitarian operations in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly Gaza, were at risk of collapse if Israel does not lift impediments that include a "vague, arbitrary, and highly politicized" registration process.</p> <p>Dozens of international aid groups face de-registration by 31 December, which means that they then have to close operations within 60 days, said the UN and more than 200 local and international aid groups in a joint statement.</p> <p>"The deregistration of INGOs (international aid groups) in Gaza will have a catastrophic impact on access to essential and basic services," the statement read.</p> <p>"INGOs run or support the majority of field hospitals, primary healthcare centers, emergency shelter responses, water and sanitation services, nutrition stabilization centers for children with acute malnutrition, and critical mine action activities," it said.</p> <p>- <em>Reporting by Reuters&nbsp;</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

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