GAZA (Agencies): The health ministry in Gaza said Sunday that at least 35,034 people have been killed in the territory during more than seven months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants.
The toll includes at least 63 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 78,755 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7.
Israeli troops this week defied international opposition and entered eastern areas of the city, effectively shutting a key aid crossing and suspending traffic through another.
Israel expanded an evacuation order for eastern Rafah, after saying 300,000 people had fled the city since the army urged people to leave earlier in the week.