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Sunday, August 18, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Hamas says Gaza toll at 40,099
Displaced Palestinians watch from a makeshift camp as shells fired from Israeli tanks hit an area near the Hamad residential complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 18, 2024 (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says the Palestinian death toll since the terror group launched the October 7 attack on Israel now stands at 40,099.
The figure cannot be independently verified and includes more than 17,000 Hamas gunmen Israel says it has killed in battle. Israel also says it killed some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.
