Gaza war toll hits 30,534

GAZA STRIP, Mar 04 (AFP): The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Monday that at least 30,534 people have been killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory.
A ministry statement said there were 124 fatalities over the past 24 hours, while another 71,980 people have been wounded since the war broke out on October 7.
Israel demolishes W Bank home
of Palestinian accused of attack
Israeli troops on Monday blew up the home of a Palestinian accused of killing a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters in the occupied West Bank last year.
The apartment of Moaz al-Masry, who was killed by Israeli forces following the April 7 attack, was demolished in the early hours, Palestinian witnesses told AFP.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said their medics treated about 15 people after Israeli forces fired tear gas during the raid on the West Bank city of Nablus.
Masry, along with two other attackers, was accused of shooting dead Israeli settler Leah Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina as they were driving near Hamra in the Jordan Valley.
Following a manhunt, the assailants were killed in a military raid on Nablus in May.
Troops overnight into Monday stormed the Al-Makhfiya neighbourhood in Nablus and surrounded Masry's house, a witness told AFP.
Israel routinely demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks, arguing that such measures act as a deterrent, while critics say it amounts to collective punishment.
The Red Crescent told AFP they had evacuated multiple residents, including children, from the building housing Masry's apartment.
Violence in the West Bank had flared even before the war in the Gaza Strip between Hamas militants and Israel erupted on October 7.