Coverage dated December 4, 2023 to December 5, 2023

Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza's second-largest city, blocking aid from population

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Israeli troops say they are battling Hamas militants in the center of the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, Khan Younis. The fighting has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing to the territory’s southernmost edge, where shelters are overflowing.

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Israeli troops battle Hamas militants in southern Gaza (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in southern Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a UN warning of an "even more hellish scenario" as fighting pushes civilians into a steadily shrinking area of the besieged territory.

  2. Wall Street Journal

    Israel Presses Assault on Hamas’s Last Major Gaza Bastion (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Israeli forces closed in on Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, engaging in close combat with Hamas fighters in what could be the decisive battle of the two-month-old war.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Israel steps up strikes around Gaza's second-largest city (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The military says it makes every effort to spare civilians and accuses Hamas of using them as human shields as the militants fight in dense residential areas, where they have labyrinths of tunnels, bunkers, rocket launchers and sniper nests.

  4. The Guardian

    Israel faces difficult phase of war with fighting in north and south Gaza (opens The Guardian)

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    Israeli forces pushing towards southern city of Khan Younis and engaged in battles for key urban areas in the north

  5. France 24

    How Hamas’s military strategy against Israel is evolving in southern Gaza (opens France 24)

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    Hamas has used “increasingly sophisticated” tactics against Israeli forces since the ceasefire in the Gaza strip ended on December 1, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US think…

  6. NPR

    Israel is expanding its offensive in Gaza, forcing more Palestinians to flee south (opens NPR)

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    The apparent drive to encircle Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis, a Hamas stronghold, was forcing people to flee further south to escape the fighting.

  7. WDIO Duluth

    Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza's second-largest city, blocking aid from population (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Israeli troops say they are battling Hamas militants in the center of the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, Khan Younis. The fighting has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing to the territory’s southernmost edge, where shelters are overflowing.

  8. Al-Monitor

    Israeli forces encircle main southern Gaza city (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza's main city on Wednesday, battling Hamas militants through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war.The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory's south following fierce fighting and bombardment th…

  9. Digital Journal

    Israeli forces battle Hamas in main southern Gaza city (opens Digital Journal)

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    Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by

  10. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza's second-largest city, blocking aid from population | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza's second-largest city, blocking aid from population

  11. The Columbian

    Fighting between Israel, Hamas rages in Gaza’s second-largest city, blocking aid from population (opens The Columbian)

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    RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants Wednesday in the center of the Gaza Strip's second-largest city, the military said, pressing a ground offensive that has sent tens

  12. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Live updates | Fighting in southern Gaza city as Israel widens its offensive (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    The center of Gaza's second-largest city has seen fighting amid Israel's widening air and ground offensive in the southern part of the territory that has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened dire humanitarian conditions.

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