Israeli forces have killed at least three people in Gaza in the last 24 hours, according to Palestinian officials, as Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank ramped up attacks on Palestinian villages.

As Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday the killings in the last 24 hours, the enclave’s Civil Defence agency said in a statement on Telegram that it had transferred the bodies of 35 unidentified Palestinians to al-Shifa Hospital, where efforts will be made to confirm their identities.

The death toll of Israel’s war on Gaza has officially topped 69,000, with at least 69,182 Palestinians killed and 170,694 wounded since October 2023. Israeli forces have killed at least 245 Palestinians since the US-brokered ceasefire went into effect on October 10.

A total of 1,139 people wer

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