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Israel and Hamas both claim victory as ceasefire holds

Israel and Hamas both claim victory as ceasefire holds

NIDAL al-MUGHRABI, JONATHAN SAUL and RAMI AYYUB ISRAEL and Hamas both claimed victory on Friday after their forces ended 11 days of fighting, but humanitarian officials warned that the damage to Gaza would take years to rebuild. As Palestinians and Israelis began to assess the scale of the damage, one Gazan said his neighbourhood looked as if it had been hit by a tsunami. "How can the world call itself civilised?" Abu Ali asked, standing next to the rubble of a 14-storey tower block. Palestinian officials put the reconstruction costs at tens of millions of dollars, while economists said the…
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