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‘Tightening the grip’: Israeli army to take control of 70 percent of Gaza Strip

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he had ordered the country’s military to take control of 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the terms of a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October. Under the terms of the ceasefire, Israeli forces were to pull back behind a so-called “yellow line”, a demarcation between the area under Hamas control and that held by the Israeli army. FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.   

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