Fighting for third day in northern Gaza as thousands displaced
2024-06-30 10:04:16 source:CGTN
June 30, 2024
Explosions, air strikes and gunfire rattled northern Gaza on Saturday, the third day of an Israeli military operation that has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians and compounded what the United Nations (UN) called "unbearable" living conditions in the territory.
The armed wings of both Hamas and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad said they were engaged in ongoing fighting with Israeli forces there.
Israel's military, meanwhile, said its operations were continuing in Shujaiya where fighting "above and below the ground" left a "large number" of militants dead. A resurgence of fighting in the area comes months after Israel declared the command structure of Hamas fighters dismantled in northern Gaza.
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