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Heavy fighting rages around Gaza’s biggest hospital

Explosions and shootings shook the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital and surrounding neighborhoods as Israeli forces stormed through the facility for a second day Tuesday. The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in the hospital, but it could not be independently confirmed that the dead were combatants.

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A top Qatari official said on Tuesday that his country remains “cautiously optimistic” about the possibility of reaching a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, stressing that an Israeli ground operation in Rafah would set back any talks.
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Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.
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Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.
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Israeli soldiers on a tank on a position on the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.
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Destroyed buildings stand inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.
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Destroyed buildings stand inside Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.
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Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.
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Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 19.
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Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 19.
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Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 19.
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Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at a hospital morgue in Rafah, Tuesday, March 19.

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