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Palestinian death toll passes 64,000, health officials say, as Israel and Hamas dig in on demands
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Palestinian death toll passes 64,000, health officials say, as Israel and Hamas dig in on demands

  • By WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press

Health officials in the Gaza Strip say that more than 64,000 have been killed in the nearly two-year war. Hamas and Israel meanwhile reiterated their incompatible demands for ending the fighting sparked by the militant group's attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Local hospitals said Thursday that Israeli strikes killed 28 people overnight. Israel is pressing ahead with its planned offensive in famine-stricken Gaza City. In the occupied West Bank, Israelis established a new settlement in a Palestinian city, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group.