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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Hamas says 56 Palestinians killed in Gaza over past day bringing toll to 33,899
A Palestinian woman walks past a building heavily damaged by Israeli strike the previous night in Rafah the southern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024 (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says 56 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.
The ministry statement says the death toll for Gazans since Hamas launched the October 7 assault on Israel now stands at at least 33,899 people.
This figure cannot be independently verified and does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Israel says it has killed some 13,000 Hamas gunmen in battle. Israel also says it killed some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.
Two hundred and sixty IDF soldiers have been killed since Israel launched the ground offensive to destroy Hamas and get back the hostages.
