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Over 50,000 Palestinians killed as Israel continues strike in Gaza Strip
After two months of relative calm in the war that began more than 17 months ago, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Tel Aviv abandoned the ceasefire
- PUBLISHED: Sun 23 Mar 2025, 4:06 PM
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Palestinian health authorities said Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 50,000 people.
"The toll for the Israeli aggression has reached 50,021 martyrs and 113,274 wounded since October 7, 2023", the health ministry said in a statement, referring to the day Hamas launched the attack on Israel that triggered the war. The territory's civil defence agency, citing its own records, also said the toll had topped 50,000 deaths.
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After two months of relative calm in the war that began more than 17 months ago, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign on Tuesday against Hamas.
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Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, urging Palestinians to flee an offensive in Rafah city nearly a week into a renewed assault on the Hamas-ruled territory.
The latest evacuation warning follows a deadly flare-up in Lebanon and missiles fired from Yemen, as Israeli troops again deploy to parts of Gaza despite calls to revive a January truce.
Before its renewed assault, Israel in early March blocked the entry of humanitarian aid into war-ravaged Gaza and cut electricity supply, in a bid to force Hamas to accept the Israeli terms for an extension of the ceasefire and release the 58 hostages still held by Palestinian militants since the October 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war.
The electricity supplied by Israel had fed Gaza's main water desalination plant, and the decision to cut power has aggravated already dire conditions for Gaza's 2.4 million people.
Part of its renewed operations, the Israeli military said "troops began operating in the area of Beit Hanun in northern Gaza", targeting Hamas militants and seeking "to expand the security zone in northern Gaza".
On Friday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said he had ordered the army to "seize more territory in Gaza", warning Israel could annex it if Hamas failed to heed Israel's demands for the next steps in the Gaza ceasefire.
