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Hamas says over 700 Gazans killed in past day in widened Israeli strikes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 704 people in the past day, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says.
The figure represents a massive increase in the death toll amid what appear to be widening Israeli bombing attacks in the territory.
The death toll from the war stands at 5,791, including 2,360 children, ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra says in a statement. At least 16,297 others were wounded, he says. The figures cannot be verified independently.
Israel says its campaign is aimed at eliminating the Hamas terror group, which sent thousands of gunmen into Israel on October 7, killing some 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200 more.
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