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Sunday, July 27, 2014
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Sunday, July 27, 2014
Gaza official puts Palestinian death toll at 1,049
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGaza’s Health Ministry is reporting the death toll in the coastal territory has risen to 1,049 in 20 days of fighting.
Dr. Ashraf Al Qudra, spokesman for the Health Ministry, offers the updated numbers on Sunday. Some 6,000 are believed injured, he says.
Israel says the figure includes many hundreds of Hamas fighters and that the Health Ministry that is reporting the figures is controlled by Hamas. The UN has said most of the dead in Gaza are civilians.
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