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Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 687
By Xinhua Published: Oct 10, 2023 10:01 AM
Children injured in an Israeli airstrike are treated at a hospital in Gaza City, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)

Children injured in an Israeli airstrike are treated at a hospital in Gaza City, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A man injured in an Israeli airstrike is treated at a hospital in Gaza City, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)

A man injured in an Israeli airstrike is treated at a hospital in Gaza City, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A child injured in an Israeli airstrike is carried to a hospital in Gaza City, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)

A child injured in an Israeli airstrike is carried to a hospital in Gaza City, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
People carry bodies of Palestinians who died in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)

People carry bodies of Palestinians who died in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Oct. 9, 2023. The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll from Hamas' weekend surprise attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
The death toll and injuries from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have risen to 687 and 3,726, respectively, according to the latest update by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday.

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Saturday launched a surprise attack on Israeli towns adjacent to the Gaza Strip, prompting Israel to launch retaliatory strikes on Gaza.

During the attack, Hamas militants broke through the security fence that separate the Gaza Strip from Israel and stormed nearby communities, killing and capturing Israelis.

Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Monday that the death toll from Hamas' attack on southern Israel rose to more than 900.