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Palestinian death toll rises above 20,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

Some military experts said more people had been killed more quickly in this war than during the deadliest stages of the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.

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Israeli troops walk in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 21.
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Destroyed farms and buildings in the Gaza Strip as seen from Southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 22.
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Palestinians carry the bodies of the Dhair family, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during their funeral in Rafah on Friday, Dec. 22.
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A Palestinian man carries the body of his grandson who was killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at the hospital Rafah, southern Gaza, Friday, Dec. 22.
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Palestinians evacuate the body of a person killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 22.
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Palestinians inspect a house after it was hit by an Israeli bombardment on Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 22.
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Palestinians wounded in Israeli airstrikes arrive at the Nasser hospital in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 22.
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Family and friends of Israeli soldier Lt. Yaacov Elian mourn over his grave during his funeral at Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Dec. 22. Elian, 20, was killed during Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip, where it has been battling Palestinian militants in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.
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Yoram, right, father of Israeli soldier Lt. Yaacov Elian, bids farewell as soldiers carry his son's flag-draped casket during his funeral at Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Dec. 22.
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Family and friends of Israeli soldier Lt. Yaacov Elian mourn over his grave during his funeral at Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Dec. 22.

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