At least 30 people have been killed and dozens wounded in fresh Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Gaza’s civil defence agency told AFP on Wednesday, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as “powerful strikes” against Hamas. The assault came despite an ongoing ceasefire brokered by the United States earlier this month. Mahmud Basal, spokesman for Gaza’s civil defence, said emergency crews were “still working to recover the dead and wounded from under the rubble”. The agency reported at least three strikes across Gaza, including one near the Al-Shifa hospital and another that killed five people when their vehicle was hit. The Israeli military said the operation was in response to Hamas attacking its troops in Rafah — a claim Hamas has denied. Defence Minister Is

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