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Israel launches dozens of strikes as Gaza fighting enters second week

Middle East · 2:19 AM UTC

Israel launched dozens of air strikes in Gaza and the Hamas militant group kept up its rocket attacks on Israeli cities in fighting that spilled into a second week on Monday.

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