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More than 700 killed in overnight Israeli attacks, Gaza officials say

A Palestinian carries a child casualty at the site of an Israeli attack on a house, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air raids on Gaza, according to Palestinian officials, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began bombarding the the besieged territory earlier this month.

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it hit more than 400 “Hamas targets” and killed dozens of Hamas fighters in the attacks, and warned that it would take time to achieve its aim of destroying the Palestinian group.

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