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News Desk: A total of 9,425 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, according to figures released Saturday by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.
An additional 24,000 others have been injured, the ministry said.
The figures are drawn from sources inside the Hamas-controlled enclave.
According to the ministry’s report, nearly 73% of the fatalities are from among vulnerable groups, including children, women and the elderly.
The number of deaths reported Saturday is 270 higher than that reported by the Ministry on Friday, with the number injured about 1,000 higher.
The Israeli military continues to encircle and pound the Gaza Strip with airstrikes in response to a cross-border terror attack launched by Hamas militants on October 7.
Calls for a ceasefire by Hamas, aid organizations, and much of the global community have been rejected by Israel’s government, which has vowed to wipe out Hamas after the brutal attack last month, which killed more than 1,400 Israelis, most of them civilians.
