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Hamas Urges Israel To Halt Strikes As It Searches For Two Hostages

Hamas’s armed wing asked Israel to pause airstrikes and pull back from Gaza City while it searched for two hostages it lost contact with.

Gaza City: Hamas's armed wing urged the Israeli military to temporarily halt air strikes and withdraw from part of Gaza City on Sunday as it tried to locate two Israeli hostages it said it had lost contact with.

"The lives of the two prisoners are in real danger, and (Israeli) forces must immediately withdraw to the south of Street 8 and halt aerial operations for 24 hours starting from 18:00 today to allow attempts to rescue the prisoners," wrote the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades in a statement.

In a previous announcement, the armed group said the

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