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Two other people were killed in tank shelling in Tuffah, a third Gaza City suburb.<br \/>Local health authorities said they had received desperate calls from families trapped in the Zeitoun area, including from people saying they were wounded, and that ambulance vehicles could not reach them.<br \/>&#8220;The explosions are almost non-stop in eastern Gaza areas, mainly Zeitoun and Shejaia. 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