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Israel sent troops into southern Gaza on Wednesday "? the first major raid into the territory since Israeli soldiers pulled out last year after a 38-year occupation and began awave of airstrikes across the coastal strip. Israeli officials postponed a planned invasion of northern Gaza on Thursday, though troops remain massed on the border.

In addition to its clampdown in Gaza, Israel has detained eight Palestinian Cabinet ministers and revoked the Jerusalem residency rights of four senior Hamas official