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Three Palestinian men gathering firewood killed by Israeli air strike, medics say

Palestinians wait get donated food at a distribution centre in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Photo: AP

Palestinians wait get donated food at a distribution centre in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Photo: AP

Nidal al-Mughrabi

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An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinian men in Gaza yesterday as they tried to gather firewood, medics said, with no sign of progress in renewed talks on sustaining a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

In the latest bloodshed to underline the fragility of the Gaza war’s three-stage truce, the three men, all from the same family, had left their homes in central Gaza to collect the wood for cooking.

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