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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Reged Ahmad (now); Maya Yang, Yang Tian (earlier)

At least 100 people killed in Gaza in past 24 hours as conflict rolls into new year – as it happened

Displaced Palestinian children stand next to a mural painting by artist Amal Abo in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip, on 31 December
Displaced Palestinian children stand next to a mural painting by artist Amal Abo in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, on 31 December. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

This blog is now closing. A new one will open later on Monday. But until then, see all of our Israel-Gaza war coverage here.

At least 100 people have been killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours, as the three-month-old conflict between Israel and Hamas rolls into the new year with no end in sight and only tentative Israeli government plans for discussing the day after the war is over.

The Hamas-run territory’s health authority said about 48 people were killed overnight on Sunday in heavy Israeli bombing of Gaza City, where pockets of fierce fighting are ongoing despite claims by the Israel Defense Forces that the north of the blockaded exclave is largely under Israeli operational control.

Another strike killed 20 people sheltering at al-Aqsa University in the west of Gaza City, witnesses said.

Read the rest of Bethan McKernan’s full report here:

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