Gaza deaths continue

AT LEAST 27 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip yesterday, local hospitals said, as reactions continued to be publicised to United States President Donald Trump's peace plan that could pause the nearly two-year war in the beleaguered territory.

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Hamas announced it would review the proposal with group members and other Palestinian factions before reaching a decision. While the proposal offers an end to the fighting in Gaza and guarantees a flow of humanitarian aid and promises reconstruction, the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group will have to disarm while Gaza, and its more than two million Palestinians, would be put under international control for the foreseeable future.