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Fighting rages as Israeli troops press further south with ‘carpet bombardment of entire neighbourhoods’.

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Israeli troops battled Hamas fighters Thursday in the heart of southern Gaza's main city where a top militant leader is believed to be hiding, while pressing their offensive across the besieged territory.

Heavy urban combat raged throughout Gaza on Thursday with some of the war’s most intensive fighting so far reported in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north and Khan Younis in the south. Aid groups warned that Gazans are running out of places to flee as Israeli strikes were also…

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Israeli forces are battling Hamas militants across Gaza after expanding their ground offensive to its second-largest city