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Netanyahu rejects growing calls for a cease-fire as Israel battles Hamas outside main Gaza hospital

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back against growing international calls for a cease-fire, saying Israel’s battle to crush Gaza’s ruling Hamas militants would continue with “full force.”

Netanyahu rejects growing calls for a cease-fire as Israel battles Hamas outside main Gaza hospital
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Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee

Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital are rejecting Israel's claims that it is helping babies and others evacuate, saying fighting continues just outside the facility where incubators lay idle without electricity and critical supplies are running out

Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee
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Internet, phone networks collapse in Gaza, threatening to worsen humanitarian crisis

Internet and telephone services have collapsed across the Gaza Strip for lack of fuel, the main Palestinian provider says, bringing a potentially long-term communications blackout

Internet, phone networks collapse in Gaza, threatening to worsen humanitarian crisis
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UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination

The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing possibility of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of a lack of fuel

UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination
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Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital sheltering thousands

Israeli forces are battling Hamas militants around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks

Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital sheltering thousands
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Qatar says Gaza cease-fire will begin Friday morning, with aid to follow 'as soon as possible'

A four-day cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will begin Friday morning, a day later than originally planned

Qatar says Gaza cease-fire will begin Friday morning, with aid to follow 'as soon as possible'
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Hamas releases a third group of hostages as part of truce, and says it will seek to extend the deal

The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is back on track as the militant group freed 17 more hostages

Hamas releases a third group of hostages as part of truce, and says it will seek to extend the deal
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With deadline looming, diplomats seek to extend Gaza truce; more hostages, prisoners are freed

Hamas has freed 12 hostages and Israel has released 30 Palestinian prisoners on the fifth day of a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza war

With deadline looming, diplomats seek to extend Gaza truce; more hostages, prisoners are freed
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Truce in Israel-Hamas war extended by a day, minutes before it was set to expire

Israel and Hamas agreed to extend a temporary truce by another day minutes before it was set to expire, said Qatar, which has been mediating between the two sides

Truce in Israel-Hamas war extended by a day, minutes before it was set to expire
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Mediators scrambling for Israel-Hamas truce extension, as hostages-for-prisoners swaps get harder

Mediators are scrambling to extend an Israel-Hamas truce set to expire just after daybreak Friday

Mediators scrambling for Israel-Hamas truce extension, as hostages-for-prisoners swaps get harder
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Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war

Israel says its troops have entered Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sends streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians

Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
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Desperation grows among Palestinians trapped with little aid as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza

Israeli forces struck the southern Gaza town of Rafah twice overnight, sowing fear in one of the last places where civilians can seek refuge

Desperation grows among Palestinians trapped with little aid as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza
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Israeli troops round up Palestinian men in northern Gaza as UN warns aid operation is 'in tatters'

Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s expanding ground offensive crowded into an ever-shrinking area of the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war entered its third month

Israeli troops round up Palestinian men in northern Gaza as UN warns aid operation is 'in tatters'
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Israel presses on with its Gaza offensive after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war

Israel’s military is pushing ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war

Israel presses on with its Gaza offensive after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war
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Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it's willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas

Battles are raging across Gaza as Israel indicates it is prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat the territory’s Hamas rulers

Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it's willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas
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Israeli defense chief resists pressure to halt Gaza offensive, says campaign will 'take time'

Israel’s defense minister pushed back against international calls to wrap up the country’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the current phase of the operation against the Hamas militant group will “take time.”

Israeli defense chief resists pressure to halt Gaza offensive, says campaign will 'take time'
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Israel and US show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war against Hamas

Israel and the United States showed their sharpest public disagreement yet over the conduct and future of the war on Hamas as the two allies became increasingly isolated by global calls for a cease-fire

Israel and US show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war against Hamas
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Packed hospitals, treacherous roads, harried parents: Newborns in Gaza face steeper odds of survival

For mothers and fathers in besieged Gaza, the devastating war has subverted all expectations of childbirth and parenthood

Packed hospitals, treacherous roads, harried parents: Newborns in Gaza face steeper odds of survival
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9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City ambush in sign that Hamas resistance is still strong

The Israeli military says Palestinian militants ambushed troops in a dense Gaza City neighborhood, killing at least nine of them

9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City ambush in sign that Hamas resistance is still strong
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Israeli defense minister says war on Hamas will last months as US envoy discusses timetable

Israel’s defense minister says it will take months to destroy Hamas, predicting a drawn-out war

Israeli defense minister says war on Hamas will last months as US envoy discusses timetable
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Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza

Israel’s government is facing calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies

Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza
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Israel uncovers major Hamas command center in Gaza City as cease-fire talks gain momentum

The Israeli military says it has uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City, inflicting what it described as a serious blow to the Islamic militant group

Israel uncovers major Hamas command center in Gaza City as cease-fire talks gain momentum
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At least 68 killed in central Gaza in airstrike, adding to weekend's bloodshed

At least 68 people, including a baby, have been killed in Gaza

At least 68 killed in central Gaza in airstrike, adding to weekend's bloodshed
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Lose a limb or risk death? Growing numbers among Gaza's thousands of war-wounded face hard decisions

Gaza's more than 54,500 war-wounded include a growing number of amputees who face hard choices and challenges as they try to survive in a war zone

Lose a limb or risk death? Growing numbers among Gaza's thousands of war-wounded face hard decisions
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Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps

The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to the densely populated urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory

Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps

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