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Truce ends Gaza cross-border fire sparked by prisoner death

GAZA: An uneasy truce between Israel and Gaza militants was holding Wednesday following a major exchange of cross-border fire sparked by the death in custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike.

Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City on the Palestinian enclave on May 2, 2023. - The Israeli military traded fire with Gaza militants on May 2, 2023 in a flare-up of violence following the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike. Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP