The death toll from Israel's devastating war on the Gaza Strip passed 70,000, the enclave's health ministry said, as attacks continue despite a ceasefire in place since last month.
Gaza's Health Ministry on Saturday said at least 70,100 have been killed across the war-ravaged enclave since Israel launched its war more than two years ago after a deadly Hamas attack. More than 170,900 have been injured.
The milestone comes as a fragile US-brokered ceasefire holds, but with both sides accusing the other of breaching its terms. The ministry said that since the truce came into effect on October 10, 354 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire.
Under the terms of the truce, Israel withdrew its troops behind a “yellow line” where many of the deadly incidents have been taking place.
The ministry noted that the increase from the last death toll was due to the fact that the data relating to 299 bodies had been processed and approved by the authorities.
Hamas is yet to release two of 28 bodies of hostages who died in captivit
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