TEL AVIV, Israel — Palestinian officials have released a list of more than 6,700 names of what they describe as Palestinians killed in Gaza since the outbreak of war with Israel earlier this month.
"We absolutely know that the death toll continues to rise in Gaza," Kirby said in a briefing."But what we're saying is, you shouldn't rely on numbers put forth by Hamas." On Thursday, Israel announced it had killed Shadi Barud, a top Hamas intelligence official who Israel described as one of the two architects behind the Oct. 7 assault, alongside Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian leader of Hamas in Gaza.Overall, Israel has increased the intensity of its attacks on Gaza, some days conducting hundreds of airstrikes on the 25-mile-long territory."Last night was just horrible.