The Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry says the death toll from the war in Gaza has surpassed 66,000, after 79 people were killed in past 24 hours.
The ministry’s tally of 66,005 since October 7, 2023, cannot be confirmed and does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
Israel said it hit some 140 targets from the air over the past day and deepened operational control in parts of Gaza City, where it has waged an intensified offensive for nearly two weeks.
Witnesses and medics say Israeli tanks deepened their incursions in the Sabra, Tel Al-Hawa, Sheikh Radwan and Al-Naser neighborhoods, closing in on the heart and the western areas of Gaza City. Hundreds of thousands of people remain in the city despite Israeli calls for all of the city’s million residents to leave.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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