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excavator

noun as in earthmover

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Hamas has said it would take more time to retrieve them from the rubble and that the task requires heavy machinery like bulldozers and excavators that aren’t currently permitted to enter the enclave.

Hamas has told mediators that recovering the bodies from beneath the rubble of Gaza could take weeks and require special equipment that isn’t currently allowed to enter the war-torn enclave, such as bulldozers and excavators.

Hamas has told mediators that recovering the bodies would take weeks and require heavy equipment such as bulldozers and excavators, which aren’t currently permitted to enter Gaza.

Nearby, workers with excavators dug out the site for a training pool near an unfinished fitness center and gym.

Others used a claw affixed to the arm of a bright-red excavator to rip out plants.

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