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The war began with Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack which resulted in the deaths of about 1,170 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.Israel’s retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 34,454 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.Israel estimates that 129 hostages seized by militants on October 7 are still being held in Gaza, including 34 the military says are dead.The Gaza health ministry on Sunday reported at least 66 deaths in the past 24 hours.In central Gaza, Mohammed al-Hattab said he found his one-year-old boy in the rubble after an Israeli air strike hit the Nuseirat refugee camp over the weekend.The boy is being treated for a fractured skull, while his two-year-old daughter’s face was “completely disfigured” in the strike, he told AFP.Israel carried out air strikes and shelling in Gaza overnight, hitting three houses in the southern city of Khan Yunis, an AFP correspondent said Sunday, also reporting strikes on Gaza City and Rafah.The Israeli military said its jets struck dozens of terror targets including “launch sites, armed terrorists and observation posts”.Most of Gaza’s population has taken refuge in Rafah, according to the UN, many in makeshift shelters after fleeing violence elsewhere.Despite international outcry, Israel has vowed to invade the city, where Israel’s military says Hamas is holding hostages.On the side of a tent in Rafah on Saturday, a Palestinian wrote a message to the thousands of protesters on US university campuses.”Thank you, students in solidarity with Gaza, your message has reached,” it read.
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Push for truce ramps up as Israel pummels Gaza
