Another 9,200 people have also been injured as Israel continued its blistering air campaign on targets in the Palestinian coastal enclave, the Hamas-controlled ministry added.
More than 1,300 people were killed in Israel last weekend when Hamas fighters crossed the border to attack civilians and soldiers
More than 2,300 people have been killed in Israel's bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip launched in the aftermath, Palestinian authorities say.
The UN's aid agency told the BBC that Gaza is "being pushed into an abyss"
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to "demolish Hamas" as his military prepared ground operations in Gaza to root out the militant group, whose deadly rampage through Israeli border towns stunned the nation.
Iran on Sunday warned that any Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip could expand the scope of the conflict elsewhere in the Middle East.
Gaza is being pushed into an abyss: UN
FE Team | Published: October 16, 2023 00:08:23
People mourn by the body of Palestinian youth Karam Dweikat, who was killed as a result of injuries during clashes with Israeli forces near Beita village, at his funeral in Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. — AFP
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