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Oct 2023
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Israel declares war on Hamas after milit...

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Seven hundred Israelis have been killed in two days of intense fighting following Hamas rocket attacks and militant incursions inside Israel; with some two hundred and fifty bodies being recovered from the site of a music festival attacked early on Saturday. Airstrikes by the Israelis on the Gaza Strip have killed more than four hundred people in retaliation ... Show More
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