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CAIRO/GAZA -Israel struck the southern and central Gaza Strip on Monday to put more pressure on Hamas, following a weekend strike targeting the militant group's leadership, which killed scores of Palestinians who had sought shelter in a makeshift camp..
Israel said its strike there on Saturday targeted Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, an architect of the Oct. 7 assault on Israeli towns and villages that triggered the Gaza war..
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Washington on Monday to discuss "practical solutions that we have in mind" to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire deal, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said..
Following the Israeli strike targeting Deif, Blinken expressed "serious concern about the recent civilian casualties in Gaza," Miller said, adding that Israel had a right to target militants but must do more to reduce civilian casualties..
The war began after a Hamas-led attack inside Israel on Oct. 7, by militants who killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took more than 250 hostage to Gaza, according to Israeli authorities..
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