UN chief decries ‘unacceptable’ scale of Gaza deaths as 25,000 reported killed
by Jason Burke in Jerusalem and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6J0X4)
Territory's health ministry says most casualties are women and children, and that thousands more may lie under rubble
Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza has killed 25,000 Palestinians, the health ministry in the territory has announced, as the UN chief described the scale of civilian killings as heartbreaking and utterly unacceptable".
Most of the casualties were women and children, the ministry said, and thousands more bodies were likely to remain uncounted under rubble across Gaza.
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