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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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Hamas Claims Attack on Israeli Bus in West Bank That Wounded 8 People, Including 4 Soldiers

Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
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Hamas Claims Attack on Israeli Bus in West Bank That Wounded 8 People, Including 4 Soldiers

Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP

Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on an Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank on Friday that wounded eight people, including four soldiers.

It was the latest violence to scar the territory as tensions run high 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war.

The attacker, who Hamas identified in a statement as Samer Hussein, 46, was killed by Israeli troops shortly after opening fire toward the bus at a junction near the Israeli settlement of Ariel.

The military said four soldiers were lightly wounded. Paramedics said three people were critically wounded.

Attacks by Palestinian fighters on Israelis in the volatile territory have grown more common since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, as Palestinian deaths have also spiked.  

Israeli fire has killed 796 Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023, mostly in military raids on Palestinian cities and towns. Attacks by settlers on Palestinians and their property have also increased.