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Jan 2024
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More than half of Gaza's buildings damag...

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Experts say the pace of the damage in a conflict zone is unprecedented in recent times. Also: The Israeli military confirms that it's been pumping sea water into tunnels in Gaza to flood Hamas's underground hideouts and, we mark the one-hundredth anniversary of Russia's famous motion picture studio - Mosfilm.

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