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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Hamas says around 3,000 Gazans killed since start of war
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, October 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Around 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
More than 12,500 others have been wounded since Israel started bombarding Gaza on October 7, following a shock Hamas assault on Israel that killed around 1,300 people, the vast majority of whom were civilians.
Israel says it intends to eradicate Hamas after the massacre of its civilians and has been striking Hamas terror targets, which are embedded within the civilian population across the Hamas-run Strip, while striving to cause minimum harm to uninvolved citizens. It has urged Gazans to evacuate northern Gaza, and charged that Hamas uses Gaza civilians as human shields.
