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The death toll in Gaza has risen to 9,227, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave.

The ministry said 3,826 children and 2,405 women were among those killed, AFP reports.

Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Maghazi, in the central Gaza Strip— Reuters

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