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From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 28, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 28, 2014
Palestinian death toll said to hit 1,067
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra says five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on Khan Yunis in southern Gaza late on Monday.
The strike hit close to the city’s Islamic University, killing four members of one family, and leaving another 20 people injured, he announces.
Their deaths raised the overall Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 1,067, he says.
Israel says hundreds of the dead are Hamas gunmen.
On Sunday, Palestinian officials said that the death toll stood at 1,031, retracting an earlier announcement that placed it at 1,060, Ynet reports. Officials had mistakenly counted 147 bodies retrieved from rubble in the Gaza Strip, and later said there were actually 117.
— AFP and Times of Israel staff
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