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By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Oren Liebermann

Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least two people after it accused Hamas of violating the US-brokered ceasefire deal and staging the discovery of a deceased hostage.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the military to carry out “immediate, powerful strikes in the Gaza Strip,” his office said in a short statement. The US was notified of the decision to carry out strikes in Gaza, a US official told CNN.

A military official said Hamas had attacked Israeli troops east of the so-called yellow line, which separates Israeli-occupied Gaza from the remainder of the territory. The troops, in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, had come under RPG and sniper fire, the official said.

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