Displaced Palestinians are returning to Gaza City after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire. Photo: AP PHOTO

Hamas is no longer the militant group whose invasion of Israel triggered the two-year war in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli military spokesperson says at the start of a ceasefire in the enclave.

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"Hamas is not the Hamas of two years ago. Hamas has been defeated every place we fought them," Brigadier General Effie Defrin told reporters at a briefing.

He urged Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip to avoid entering areas under control by the Israel Defence Forces in the enclav

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