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The number of victims of Israeli shelling and bombing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded eight thousand. About half of them are children. It was reported by Agence France-Presse with reference to the Ministry of Health of the enclave.
The department claims that in the last 24 hours the number of victims of the further escalation of the conflict has increased by more than three hundred people. The Ministry of Health also announced that since October 4, 19,000 people had visited doctors with injuries.
The Israeli army had previously announced the transition to a new phase of the war. Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi said that the Israel Defense Forces launched a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli authorities, about one and a half thousand people were killed in this country. as a result of the conflict, including about 300 soldiers. More than five thousand Israelis were injured.