At least 41,870 people have been killed in the nearly year-long war between Israel and Palestinian militants, said the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Sunday
The toll includes 45 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which said 97,166 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel last October 7, reports AFP.
An Israeli strike on a mosque-turned-shelter in central Deir al-Balah killed 26 people on Sunday, while Israel's military said it had targeted Hamas members.
"The number of martyrs brought to hospitals as a result of the occupation's targeting of displaced people in the Ibn Rushd school and Al Aqsa Martyrs mosque reached 26, with several more wounded," the health ministry said in a statement.
The Gaza civil defence agency had earlier said 21 people had been killed in the pre-dawn strike in central Gaza's Deir El-Balah area.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had "conducted a precise strike on Hamas members who were operating within a command and control centre" at the mosque. It did not give any specific toll.
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