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Friday, December 1, 2023
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Friday, December 1, 2023
Hamas says 14 people killed in strikes; group’s armed wing told ‘to resume combat’
Palestinians inspect the destruction following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023, as fighting resumed shortly after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza, says 14 people have been killed and dozens wounded in the first hours of Israeli strikes after the truce ended.
The figures cannot be verified.
A source close to Hamas tells AFP the group’s armed wing has received “the order to resume combat” and to “defend the Gaza Strip,” with heavy fighting reported in parts of Gaza City.
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