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Israeli fighter jets hit targets in central Gaza as fight with Hamas escalates

Guardian, 15 May 2021
Israeli fighter jets have hit targets in central Gaza, the military said on Saturday, and Palestinian militants fired rockets in retaliation after a day of deadly violence rocked the West Bank and unrest persisted inside Israel. Early on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces said they had hit a Hamas 'operation office' near the centre of Gaza City, with additional overnight strikes targeting what the military called 'underground launch sites'. In an escalation in the worst bout of fighting between Israel and Hamas for seven years, Dozens of Hamas operatives were killed in the strikes by Israeli artillery, the IDF said
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