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Israel launched airstrikes against the city of Han Yunus in southern Gaza

as the fighting that followed the end of a seven-day truce on Friday intensified.

Israel's armed forces told residents of certain areas of the enclave

to evacuate further to the south.

Gazza's Hamas-controlled health ministry

said the death toll in the enclave since October 7th

had exceeded 15,200.

Meanwhile, on Israel's northern border, Israeli forces traded fire with Hezbollah the Iran-backed Shia militia based in Lebanon. Israel said its Air Force struck several targets in Lebanon in response to rockets being fired at its positions near the border.

Hezbollah reported that one of its fighters was killed.

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