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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison and Julian Borger in Washington

Palestinian death toll in Gaza nears 20,000 with nearly 2 million people displaced

People standing close to a number of bodybags.
The Gaza health ministry reports that 19,667 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes since 7 October. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Israeli forces killed 25 people in bombings in southern Gaza, hit a refugee camp in the north and raided one of the area’s last operating hospitals, as the number of Palestinians killed in the territory climbed towards 20,000.

The death toll from airstrikes and grim conditions for nearly 2 million people displaced from their homes with little access to food, clean water or sanitation is fuelling growing international anger, even among Israel’s close allies.

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