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Israel denies claim that Hamas captured IDF soldiers in northern Gaza

Fighting continues in parts of Gaza, including Rafah, where the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to “immediately halt” its military operation.

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May 26, 2024 at 2:00 a.m. EDT
Palestinians react after a strike on a building in Nuseirat on Saturday. (Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Israel Defense Forces denied a Hamas claim that IDF soldiers were abducted in Gaza after a spokesman for Hamas’s military wing who uses the name Abu Obaida said in a statement that his fighters had ambushed Israeli troops in Jabalya in northern Gaza.

Abu Obaida said the fighters lured Israeli troops into a tunnel, blew it up and “killed, wounded and captured” some of the soldiers. Abu Obaida did not say how many troops had been captured.