heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants, in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. meanwhile in the west bank, the palestinian authority says, ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded, during an israeli army raid onjenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank, since the attack by hamas on israel on october the seventh. diplomatically, delegates at an international conference in paris hosted by emmanuel macron, have made repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the norwegian refugee council described the israeli siege of gaza as a collective punishment . the head of the aid agency, msf, called the israeli designated safe zones in southern gaza fake zones. those are the key planks of
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