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An Israeli air strike hits a crowded refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed.

Officials at an Indonesian hospital near the Jabaliya camp said that at least 50 people

were killed and 150 wounded.

A spokesperson for the IDF said the strike targeted and killed her mass militants, including

Ibrahim Biari, one of the commanders of Hamas's October 7 attack.

Hamas denied that a senior commander had been in the area.

As of July, the Jabaliya camp hosted more than 116,000 Palestinian refugees.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces advanced on Gaza City, pushing into a neighborhood north of

it, according to Gaza's Interior Minister.

The Euro areas GDP shrank by 0.1% in the third quarter.

As its largest economies continue to be weighed down by high interest rates and low consumer

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