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At least 34,097 Palestinians have been killed and 76,980 others injured in Israel’s ongoing military offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct.7, Gaza’s health ministry said, Reuters reports.

Some 48 Palestinians were killed and 79 others injured in the past 24 hours, the ministry added.

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