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Number of Palestinians Killed in Gaza Rises to 10,818

This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
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Number of Palestinians Killed in Gaza Rises to 10,818

This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

The Hamas-run Health Ministry said Thursday the number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to 10,818.

In its latest update, the ministry said the figure includes 4,412 children and 2,198 women. The vast majority have been killed in Israeli airstrikes that have pounded the enclave following Hamas’ assault on Israel on Oct. 7.

An additional 26,905 Palestinians in Gaza have been injured.

Also Thursday, the World Health Organization cautioned about infectious diseases spreading in Gaza from contaminated water and limited access to hygiene facilities.
WHO reported that since mid-October 2023, over half of the 33,551 reported cases of diarrhea are among children under age five.
The organization said that's a significant increase compared to an average of 2,000 cases monthly in children under five throughout 2021 and 2022.
Also reported where 8,944 cases of scabies and lice, 1,005 cases of chickenpox, 12,635 cases of skin rash and 54,866 cases of upper respiratory infections.

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Lebanon Calls for Negotiations Following US Strikes on Iran

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun
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Lebanon Calls for Negotiations Following US Strikes on Iran

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun

Following American strikes on Iran that fueled fears of a wider conflict, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Sunday that the US bombing could lead to a regional conflict that no country could bear and called for negotiations.

“Lebanon, its leadership, parties, and people, are aware today, more than ever before, that it has paid a heavy price for the wars that erupted on its land and in the region,” Aoun said in a statement on X. “It is unwilling to pay more”, he added.

Iran and Israel traded air and missile strikes as the world braced on Monday for Tehran's response to the US attack on its nuclear sites and US President Donald Trump raised the idea of regime change in Iran. Iran vowed to defend itself on Sunday, a day after the US joined Israel in the biggest Western military action against the country since its 1979 Iranian Revolution, despite calls for restraint and a return to diplomacy from around the world.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has long been considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel. But since Israel launched its massive barrage against Iran, triggering the ongoing Israel-Iran war, the Lebanese group has stayed out of the fray — even after the US entered the conflict Sunday with strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

Lebanese government officials have pressed the group to stay out of the conflict, saying that Lebanon cannot handle another damaging war, and US envoy Tom Barrack, who visited Lebanon last week, said it would be a “very bad decision” for Hezbollah to get involved.