Gaza’s health ministry has said another 71 dead and 160 injured people had arrived at Al Aqsa hospital in the past 24 hours, Reuters reports.

More strikes were reported on Friday in Khan Younis in the south, the Nusseirat camp in the centre and Gaza City in the north. On Friday evening, residents reported intensified Israeli tank fire in north Gaza, while health officials said at least 10 people were killed in an air strike on a house in Khan Younis.

A day ago, the ministry had said the death toll from Israel’s campaign in Gaza had risen to 17,487.

 People mourn next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, during a funeral at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 9, 2023. — Reuters
People mourn next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, during a funeral at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 9, 2023. — Reuters

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