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The war continued unabated on Saturday, with Israel's military saying it had conducted operations across much of the Gaza Strip, including Shujaiya in the north, Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and Rafah in the south.
Shujaiya is among the areas the military had previously declared to be cleared of Hamas, but where fighting is again taking place.
Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 87 people had been killed in the past 48 hours, and paramedics on Saturday reported 10 deaths in an airstrike on a house in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The Gaza press office and paramedics said four journalists working for local media outlets were killed in strikes overnight, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said two of its employees had been killed.
According to UNRWA, which coordinated much of the aid delivered to Gaza, 194 of its employees have been killed in the war.
The war has uprooted 90% of Gaza's population, destroyed much of its housing and other infrastructure, and left almost 500,000 people enduring "catastrophic" hunger, UN agencies say.
The main stumbling block to a truce deal has been Hamas's demand for a permanent end to the fighting, which Netanyahu and his far-right coalition partners strongly reject.
The veteran hawk demands the release of the hostages but also insists the war will not end until Israel has destroyed Hamas's ability to make war or govern.
With AFP
Shujaiya is among the areas the military had previously declared to be cleared of Hamas, but where fighting is again taking place.
Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 87 people had been killed in the past 48 hours, and paramedics on Saturday reported 10 deaths in an airstrike on a house in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The Gaza press office and paramedics said four journalists working for local media outlets were killed in strikes overnight, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said two of its employees had been killed.
According to UNRWA, which coordinated much of the aid delivered to Gaza, 194 of its employees have been killed in the war.
The war has uprooted 90% of Gaza's population, destroyed much of its housing and other infrastructure, and left almost 500,000 people enduring "catastrophic" hunger, UN agencies say.
The main stumbling block to a truce deal has been Hamas's demand for a permanent end to the fighting, which Netanyahu and his far-right coalition partners strongly reject.
The veteran hawk demands the release of the hostages but also insists the war will not end until Israel has destroyed Hamas's ability to make war or govern.
With AFP
This Is Beirut
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