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Israeli forces kill at least 18 Palestinians
Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, August 4, 2024

ISRAELI forces killed at least 18 Palestinians today, including four people sheltering in a tent camp inside a hospital complex in Gaza.

This comes as two people were killed during a stabbing incident in a Tel Aviv suburb.

Tensions have soared following nearly 10 months of war in Gaza and the assassinations, widely blamed on Israel, of a Hamas leader in Iran and a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon within 12 hours of each other last week. 

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