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Fierce fighting is raging in parts of Gaza including the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Israel’s military and sources in the strip, even as several areas have quietened following the withdrawal of some Israeli units.
The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 22,300 people since October 7, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza.
Meanwhile, fears over the potential for a wider regional conflict were underscored after Iranian officials blamed Israel for deadly twin blasts in Iran and threatened revenge.
At least 103 people were killed Wednesday and 188 injured in the Iranian city of Kerman after the explosions near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani, in what officials called a terror attack.
The blasts, at least one of which was caused by a bomb, state TV said, came on the fourth anniversary of Soleimani’s death in a US airstrike, and threatens to accelerate tensions in the region that have spiked since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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Hezbollah warning: The leader of Hezbollah, the powerful Iran-backed Islamist militant group based in Lebanon, warned that if Israel wages war with Lebanon, the response would be «limitless.
