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Hamas shows signs of resurgence in parts of Gaza where Israeli troops largely withdrew weeks ago

Hamas shows signs of resurgence in parts of Gaza where Israeli troops largely withdrew weeks ago

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas has begun to resurface in areas where Israel withdrew the bulk of its forces a month ago, deploying police officers and making salary payments to some of its civil servants in Gaza City in recent days, four residents and a senior official in the militant group said Saturday. Signs of a Hamas resurgence in Gaza’s largest city underscore the group’s resilience despite Israel’s deadly air and ground campaign in the four months since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel… Source link

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21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the Gaza offensive began

21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the Gaza offensive began

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on Israel’s forces since the Hamas raid that triggered the war, killing 21 soldiers, the military said Tuesday, a significant setback that could add to mounting calls for a cease-fire. Hours later, the military announced that ground forces had encircled the southern city of Khan Younis, Gaza’s second largest. That marked a major advance, but it was unclear how much closer it would bring Israel to defeating… Source link

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Scope and Quality of Gaza Tunnels Awe Israelis

Scope and Quality of Gaza Tunnels Awe Israelis

TEL AVIV, Israel — One tunnel in the Gaza Strip was wide enough for a top Hamas official to drive a car inside. Another stretched nearly three football fields long and was hidden beneath a hospital. Under the house of a senior Hamas commander, the Israeli military found a spiral staircase leading to a tunnel approximately seven stories deep. These details and new information about the tunnels, some made public by the Israeli military and documented by video and photographs, underscore why… Source link

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Gaza combat surges anew as Israeli tanks storm back into areas they left

Gaza combat surges anew as Israeli tanks storm back into areas they left

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Arafat Barbakh and Tyrone Siu GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) -Israeli tanks stormed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip they had left last week, residents said on Tuesday, reigniting some of the most intense fighting since the New Year when Israel announced it was scaling back its operations there. Massive explosions could be seen over northern areas of Gaza from across the border with Israel – a rarity over the past two weeks after Israel announced a drawdown… Source link

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