Israeli strikes killed dozens of people across Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as talks to halt the fighting continued in Qatar and Israeli troops recovered the body of at least one hostage from a tunnel near the southern city of Rafah.

The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250. Some 100 hostages are still inside Gaza. Israeli authorities believe at least a third of them were killed in the initial attack or have died in captivity.

Israel launched its assault on Gaza after Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Nearly 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeal’s retaliatory offensive.

A total of 46,006 Palestinians — mostly women and children — have been killed and 109,378 wounded in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian officials say.

The Israeli military said it targeted militants who had taken part in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war, without providing evidence.

At least 51 more Palestinians were killed in unabated Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since October 2023 to 45,936, the Health Ministry in the enclave said today.

Gaza A wave of Israeli air strikes targeting the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours has killed at least 51 Palestinians as the war in the territory rages despite reports of recent progress in long-running talks aimed at a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.