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Published 10 Aug, 2024 04:15pm

Health ministry in Gaza says death toll since Oct 7 at 39,790

The health ministry in Gaza has said that at least 39,790 people have been killed in Israel’s offensive against Hamas in the territory, now in its 11th month, AFP states.

The toll includes 91 deaths in the previous 48 hours, according to ministry figures which do not appear to include Saturday’s pre-dawn Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City, which killed 93 people according to Gaza’s civil defence agency.

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