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At least 17 people have been killed, including one child, in fresh and ramped-up Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said. The strikes came as an Israeli tank in Lebanon fired two rounds into the southern town of Markaba, 24 hours after a ceasefire that bars any “offensive military operations” took hold. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments on the conflict in the Middle East.