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A weekend of combat in Gaza kills more than a dozen Israeli soldiers, a sign of Hamas' entrenchment

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Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of Staff Sgt. Birhanu Kassie during his funeral at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Kassie, 22, was killed during Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army has been battling Palestinian militants in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg
An Israeli Apache helicopter fires flares over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A Palestinian woman stands in her home after an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a morgue in Khan Younis on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
Israeli army troops are seen near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Palestinians who were arrested by the Israeli military in the north of the Gaza Strip and released through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south wait for treatment in Rafah on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians salvage their belongings after an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Palestinians who were arrested by the Israeli military in the north of the Gaza Strip and released through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south wait for treatment in Rafah on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a morgue in Khan Younis on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

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Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of Staff Sgt. Birhanu Kassie during his funeral at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Kassie, 22, was killed during Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army has been battling Palestinian militants in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg