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Israeli officials say that Hamas has built a complex under Al Shifa, a major Gaza hospital. Hamas denies it is operating from beneath the hospital, whose patients face dire conditions amid power cuts.
Differing from the U.S. view, the Israeli prime minister also said Israel must retain security control over Gaza so it can be “demilitarized” and “de-radicalized.”
The Biden administration, which has pressed Israel to do more to safeguard civilian lives, said Israel had agreed to steps to help people flee the northern Gaza Strip and receive aid.
The Foreign Ministry did not provide details on the revision to 1,200 after saying for weeks that more than 1,400 people had been killed in the Hamas-led attacks.
Facing power outages and shortages of food, water and medical supplies, hospitals are struggling just to keep patients alive, Gazan health authorities say.