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Health ministry in Gaza says 88 killed in 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes

Published: 05 Jan 2025 - 01:23 pm | Last Updated: 05 Jan 2025 - 01:30 pm
A woman mourns her relatives who were killed by Israeli bombardment outside the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 5, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.

A woman mourns her relatives who were killed by Israeli bombardment outside the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 5, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.

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Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: The health ministry in Gaza reported on Sunday that 88 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll of the war to 45,805, mostly women and children.

The ministry also said in a statement that at least 109,064 people, mostly women and children, had been wounded in nearly 15 months of war.