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Cease-fire push: Intensifies as Gaza death toll tops 500
GAZA CITY — Diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas intensified Monday as the death toll from two weeks of fighting continued to rise on both sides of the conflict.
More than 500 Palestinians — including almost 100 children — have been killed as Israel's offensive in Gaza grinds on. One Israeli airstrike Monday reportedly killed 28 members of a single family, while other attacks killed nearly a dozen people in a high-rise apartment building and at least four people in a hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza health officials said.