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Israel presses Gaza offensive
The Philippine Star
|December 16, 2023
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (AFP) – Israel pressed its offensive in the Gaza Strip yesterday after telling the United States that the war to crush Hamas will last “more than several months.”
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Vowing to destroy Hamas and bring home an estimated 240 hostages taken by militants into Gaza, Israel launched a massive military offensive that has left swathes of the besieged territory in ruins.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said early yesterday that dozens of people had been killed or injured in Israeli strikes on Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, while witnesses said several people had been killed in air strikes on Nuseirat in central Gaza.
It also said that the war has killed more than 18,700 people, mostly women and children.
This story is from the December 16, 2023 edition of The Philippine Star.
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