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Updated on 03 March 2008

By Lucy Manning

After five days of hostilities in Gaza in which more than 100 people died, Hamas and Israel are both claiming victory.

Facing a barrage of international condemnation, including stronger than usual words of warning from the United States, Israel withdrew almost all of their soldiers after a series of air strikes overnight.

But both sides have promised to continue military operations.

But militant rocket attacks from the Gaza strip continued this morning.

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