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The death toll in Gaza since October 7 has risen to 9,770 Palestinians, including 4,008 children
At least 9,770 Palestinians, including 4,008 children, are reported to have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
Reuters reports that the new figure was released by the spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip. Israel has been bombing Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attack inside its borders, which killed at least 1,400 Israelis.
In addition, the Palestinian Authority's health ministry in the Israeli-occupied West Bank says 152 Palestinians have been killed and 2,100 wounded since October 7. The claims have not been independently verified.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has called on Egypt to allow Egyptian ambulances to enter the Gaza Strip to treat the wounded through the Rafah crossing. A limited number of people were allowed to leave Gaza for hospitals in Egypt last week.
This block was corrected at 14:24 GMT to reflect the fact that 4,008 children were said to have been killed, not 4,800 as originally published. sorry
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday again rejected calls for a ceasefire in Gaza until all of the more than 240 hostages taken by Hamas during its October 7 attack are returned.
"There will be no ceasefire without the return of our hostages, we say this to both our enemies and our friends. We will continue until we defeat them," Netanyahu told Reuters at the Ramon air force base in southern Israel, echoing the government's stance.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on the next leg of his diplomatic tour of the Middle East with a trip to Ramallah to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The pair discussed efforts to "restore calm and stability" to the West Bank, according to the US State Department.
Abbas also called for an "immediate ceasefire", echoing similar demands from Arab states.
This morning, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said more than 30 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on the al-Maghazi refugee camp.
According to the UN, some 1.5 million have been displaced in Gaza, with more than 700,000 people sheltering in its facilities.
In an update, the IDF said its forces had hit "more than 2,500 terrorist targets" since the start of its ground operations in Gaza.
The Israeli military also said it would open a four-hour window for people in northern Gaza to move south.
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