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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hamas defiant after Israeli air
strike kills another high profile figure in Gaza</h1>
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<p><font size="1">Smoke rises from a building that was
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<p>An <a
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killed Abdel Latif al-Qanoua, a spokesperson for
Hamas, in northern Gaza.</p>
<p>He was killed when his tent was targeted in Jabalia
refugee camp at dawn on Thursday, Al-Aqsa television
reported. Several others were wounded in the attack. </p>
<p>The <a
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confirmed the death and said that the attack would
only strengthen its resistance. </p>
<p>"The occupation's targeting of the movement's leaders
and spokespeople will not break our will, but will
only increase our determination to continue on the
path of liberation," it said. </p>
<p>Qanoua is the latest high profile Hamas figure to be
killed since Israel resumed the war last week, in what
appears to be a targeted assassination campaign. </p>
<p>Earlier this week, Israel killed senior Hamas figures
Salah al-Bardaweel and Ismail Barhoum. </p>
<p>Both were members of Hamas' 20-member politburo.
According to Hamas sources cited by Reuters, 11
members of the decision-making body have been killed
by Israel since the war began in October 2023. </p>
<p>At least 855 people have been killed, over half of
whom are children and women, since Israel broke the
ceasefire last week. </p>
<h3>Civilians targeted</h3>
<p>Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza killed at
least 20 <a
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and into the morning on Thursday, with many more
wounded, according to Al Jazeera.</p>
<p>Among the dead were at least two people who succumbed
to their injuries after Israeli air strikes targeted
tents sheltering displaced families in az-Zawayda, a
town in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah governorate.</p>
<p>A Palestinian was also killed by injuries sustained
in an Israeli air strike on a house in the Shujaiya
neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. </p>
<p>The overall death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has
now reached 50,208, with 113,910 wounded since 7
October 2023.</p>
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<p>The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces
has averaged 103 per day since the war resumed last
week, in addition to 223 injuries per day, according
to the Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. </p>
<p>In a scathing statement, the group accused Israel of
deliberately targeting civilians, including those
sheltering in tents and the rubble of their homes.</p>
<p>"Without any military justification, the Israeli
occupation army has committed the crime of targeting
homes - or what is left of them - every day, including
targeting tents where civilians have sought safety
following almost 18 months of genocide," it said.</p>
<p>"This is a clear component of a systematic Israeli
policy that aims to kill Palestinians, ruin their
lives, and impose a horrific reality that makes it
impossible to survive."</p>
<p>Elsewhere in Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent said
it still has had no contact with nine of its crew
members after Israeli forces targeted them in Rafah
five days ago.</p>
<p>The workers were on their way to treat wounded people
in Tel al-Sultan, where around 50,000 Palestinians
were <a
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Israeli troops</a> earlier this week. </p>
<h3>Soldiers refusing call-up</h3>
<p>Haaretz reported that Israel's military is grappling
with a growing crisis in its reserves as it prepares
to intensify operations in Gaza. </p>
<p>Tens of thousands of reservists are set to be called
up, but a rising number are refusing to serve, citing
exhaustion, frustration with government policies, and
uncertainty over the war’s objectives.</p>
<p>A senior reservist commander told Haaretz that
brigade and battalion leaders are dealing with
numerous cases of troops refusing to report, with many
blaming the government’s failure to secure the release
of Israeli captives.</p>
<p>Others are protesting against plans to exempt
ultra-Orthodox men from military service and concerns
over judicial reforms. </p>
<p>Military officials insist the reserves remain
operationally capable, but cracks in morale are
becoming harder to ignore.</p>
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