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Palestinians walk toward safer areas following the resumption of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas militants. A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired on Friday, with the Israeli army saying combat operations had resumed, accusing Hamas of violating the operational pause. (AFP) |
The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip said Saturday that 240 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since a pause in the fighting expired on Friday.
Another 650 people had been injured in "hundreds of air strikes, artillery and navy bombardments, everywhere in the Gaza Strip," it said in a statement, adding that Israeli forces had "particularly targeted Khan Yunis, where dozens of houses were destroyed with their inhabitants inside." (AFP)
