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Officials from Hamas-run Gaza health ministry raise night’s death toll to 130

18 March 2025, 4:40 am 27 Edit
A fire at a tent encampment west of Khan Younis following Israeli strikes on March 18, 2025. (Screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
A fire at a tent encampment west of Khan Younis following Israeli strikes on March 18, 2025. (Screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Officials from the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry say that over 130 people have been killed in tonight’s resumption of Israeli strikes throughout Gaza.

Over 300 other have been wounded, the Gaza-based sources say.

The figures have not been verified and typically conflate civilians with combatants.

According to Palestinian media reports, among those killed is Mahmoud Abu Watfa, a senior Hamas security official. Abu Watfa is the deputy head of Hamas’s interior ministry.

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