Hamas-run ministry says 87 killed in Gaza

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Health officials say eighty seven Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on an area of northern Gaza where people remain buried under the rubble. Israel has disputed the number of dead.Also in the programme: Moldova holds two crucial votes; and India's spate of airplane bomb hoaxes.(Picture:Fatima Abedrabbo, a displaced Palestinian woman who fled Jabalia due to an Israeli military operation, prepares dough, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City October 19, 2024. Credit: Reuters)

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