Palestinian death toll passes 64,000, say health officials

Local hospitals said Israeli strikes had killed 28 people overnight and into Thursday (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)
More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, local health officials have said.
The news came as Hamas and Israel reiterated their incompatible demands for ending the fighting sparked by the militant group’s 2023 attack.