Israel presses on with attacks as Gaza death toll soars

ISRAELI forces pressed on with intensified attacks in the Gaza Strip's biggest southern city and a central refugee camp, after the territory's Hamas-run health ministry reported more than 21,000 people had been killed in 11 weeks of war.

The continued airstrikes and the expansion of operations in the south came as the WHO warned on Wednesday that Gaza's population was in «grave peril,» with France's president calling for a long-term ceasefire.

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