Gaza's health ministry said on Thursday that more than 7,000 Palestinians had now been killed in the retaliatory air strikes following the Hamas attack on Israel, including nearly 3,000 children.
It issued a 212-page document with lists of names and identification numbers for 7,028 Palestinians that the Hamas authorities, which control Gaza, state have been killed by Israel’s bombardments there since 7 October.
It came after US President Joe Biden and the Israeli military questioned the casualty figures issued by authorities in Gaza.
It comes after Israeli ground forces launched an hours-long incursion into the Gaza Strip - described as the “biggest” in Israel's current war with Hamas.
In grainy video of the overnight action issued by the military, armoured vehicles including tanks could be see proceeding through a sandy border zone.
A military statement said the incursion was carried out “in preparation for the next stages of combat” - a possible reference to the large-scale invasion that Israeli leaders have threatened as part of the war to destroy Hamas.
