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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jem Bartholomew

First Thing: Gaza hits ‘grim milestone’ of 40,000 people killed in war

A man lifts rubble while a child with a bandaged head walks down rubble-strewn steps in a bombed house
Palestinians search through rubble on Wednesday after an overnight Israeli strike hit the Abu Nada family home at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Photograph: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Good morning.

Ten months into Israel’s war in Gaza, the Palestinian death toll has passed 40,000 people, according to health authorities. Most of the dead are civilians and the total represents nearly 2% of Gaza’s prewar population, or one in every 50 residents.

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