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The National (Scotland)
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[email protected] | Laura Pollock

Number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza rises above 74,000

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Bassir al Barsh, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral at a hospital in Gaza city, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 (Image: AP)

THE Palestinian death toll from Israel's genocide in Gaza has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

While a "ceasefire", which took effect last October 10, has halted the heaviest fighting, Israeli strikes have continued in what the military has claimed are responses to threats or attacks.

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