Hamas fighters carry a white bag containing a body after retrieving it from a tunnel in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. (EPA Images pic) GAZA CITY: The Palestinian fighter group Hamas called on mediating countries Wednesday to pressure Israel to allow safe passage for dozens of its fighters holed up in »»»

It was the first time the Islamist group had publicly acknowledged that its members were trapped in the tunnels. The Palestinian militant group Hamas called on mediating countries Wednesday to pressure Israel to allow safe passage for dozens of its fighters holed up in tunnels in the southern Gaza »»»

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