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BBC OS: 2023/12/25 16:06 GMT: Israel-Gaza: Hamas says dozens killed in air strike

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Israel-Gaza: Hamas says dozens killed in air strike

2023/12/25 16:06 GMT

2023/12/25 16:06 GMT: Israel-Gaza: Hamas says dozens killed in air strike

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Hamas says over 70 died in Israel's strike on a refugee camp

Hamas says over 70 died in Israel's strike on a refugee camp.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says an Israeli air strike killed at least 70 people in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the centre of the strip. Also, the first public statement from the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, since the October 7th attacks says the group is facing an unprecedented battle against Israel. We have more from our correspondent. 

Doctor Who's Christmas Special airs today starring the Rwanda-born Scottish actor. Ncuti Gatwa. We hear what fans are expecting. 

It's been quite a year for Taylor Swift. She is the most-streamed woman on Spotify and Apple music and the highest-grossing female performer ever. She was also named Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2023. We talk to Swifties - or Taylor Swift fans -  in four continents about what is so special about the singer and her songs. 

A Nicaragua bound plane carrying around three-hundred Indian passengers that was grounded in France over suspected human trafficking concerns has taken off. Our correspondent in Delhi explains. 

Presenter: Karnie Sharp.

(Photo: Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 25, 2023. Credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

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