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‘Children coughing and vomiting all night’ amid winter cold in Gaza: AJE correspondent

  • Hamas says it has reached a deal with mediators on the release of the 620 Palestinian prisoners and detainees who were due to be freed by Israel last week.
  • Israel’s military bombs sites south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least two people, saying that “the presence of military means and forces in the southern part of Syria pose a threat” to the country.