According to the nation’s emergency services, the official death toll from today’s Hamas attack on Israeli citizens has increased from 40 to 70.
Local reports had said as least 100 people had died, but this most recent official statistic confirms the actual death toll is less than that.
“The wounded are actively being evacuated in ambulances, mobile intensive care vehicles, and MDA-Hatzola Air helicopters to various hospitals,” it added in a statement.
The latest figure we have on the wounded states 545 have been injured, although reports suggests this figure could be as high as 740.
From another source
198 Palestinians have died following retaliatory Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip – health officials there have said.
Officials added at least 1,610 people had been injured in the strikes.
Israel launched what it called “Operation Sword of Iron” in response to Hamas’s incursion, which began with massive rocket strikes early this morning.
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