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Israel-Hamas war: House-to-house fighting in Khan Younis in southern Gaza

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A Palestinian woman stands in a destroyed building amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Khan Younis, Gaza, on December 6, 2023. [Reuters]

Israeli troops and Hamas militants battled Wednesday in house-to-house fighting for control of Khan Younis, Gaza's second-biggest city, as Palestinian civilians faced increasing difficulty finding shelter and access to humanitarian aid.

Israel's military said Wednesday it had carried out airstrikes on about 250 targets in the Gaza Strip during the past day, in some of the heaviest fighting of the two-month-old war.

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