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Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital

WARNING: Graphic content. Israeli forces pressed their offensive against Hamas in northern Gaza on Monday, battling militants around a hospital where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks, and where health officials managed to evacuate some of the wounded.

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The Israeli military claimed it had discovered a 60-yard tunnel 33 feet underneath Gaza’s Shifa Hospital complex.
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A wounded Palestinian boy is carried into the Nasser Hospital following Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 20.
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Wounded Palestinian children receive medical treatment at the Nasser Hospital following Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 20.
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Demonstrators calling for the return of 40 children who are among the roughly 240 hostages believed held by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and to mark World Children's Day, during a protest across from UNICEF offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Nov. 20. The hostages, mostly Israeli citizens, were kidnapped during an Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel and have been held in Gaza since then.
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Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, on Monday, Nov. 20. The Israeli military has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in and around Gaza as it conducts a ground offensive against Hamas militants inside the territory.
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Volunteers from the Zaka rescue service remove blood stains from a public bomb shelter on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border where Hamas militants attacked last month, Monday, Nov. 20. Under Jewish custom, the remains of the dead must be collected and buried in accordance with religious law. At least 1,200 people were killed in the Oct. 7 attack, which triggered the latest Israel-Hamas war.
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Orit Meir, right, mother of Israel hostage Almog Meir is comforted by Thomas Hand, left, father of 9 year old Irish-Israeli hostage Emily Hand, both taken after the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas militants, attend a news conference at the Israel Embassy in London, Monday, Nov. 20. More than 200 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage on Oct. 7 after Hamas militants infiltrated Israel.
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A Palestinian carrying a mattress walks by buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 20.
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Premature babies are prepared for transport to Egypt after they were evacuated from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to a hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 20. The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said it was transporting 28 premature babies across the border Monday in an operation organized with U.N. bodies.
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A Jordanian humanitarian aid convoy enters the Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah on Monday, Nov. 20.
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A Palestinian boy carries water looted from the humanitarian aid trucks during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the border with Egypt in Rafah on Monday, Nov. 20.
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A Palestinian woman sits by houses destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, Nov. 20.
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Palestinians look at houses destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, Nov. 20.
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An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile in direction of the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Nov. 20.
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Destroyed buildings are seen in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Nov. 20.

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