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Gaza death toll reaches 47,583 after more bodies retrieved

The death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since 7 October 2023  to 47,583, the enclave's health ministry said on Thursday.

It said that rescue teams had recovered the bodies of 28 people from the rubble, but the toll also includes one person who succumbed to injuries sustained in a previous Israeli attack and two others shot dead by Israeli forces.

According to the ministry's figures, some 562 bodies have been recovered from the rubble since the ceasefire deal took hold on 19 January.