Conflict Casualties

Gaza’s health ministry says the death toll from the Israel–Hamas war has surpassed 70,000 since the fighting began. Qatar’s prime minister warned the ceasefire is at a critical juncture as the first phase winds down, reporting over 360 Palestinians killed since the Oct. 10 truce began—including two deaths reported by Shifa Hospital and an Israeli account of three militants killed crossing the ceasefire line—and mediators say the second phase has not yet started amid Turkish concerns about the proposed security force composition.