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The death toll continues to rise in the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire

Israeli army attacks have killed five Gazans and wounded nine since Thursday, while Israel continues to block the identification of Palestine's bodies, preventing them from complying with the terms of the peace treaty.

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Israeliarmy attacks have leftfive dead and nine wounded in Gazasince Thursday.

Despite the truce, the death toll in Gaza continues to rise.

226 Gazatis have already been killed by the Israelites since the truce was declared on 10 October, and more than 600 have been wounded.

The creation of the so-called "Yellow Line", the frontier marking the withdrawal of Jewish troops , has isolated entire cities in the northern Gaza Strip.

These special areas, under the control of the Israeli army, bear witness to the shooting at the Palestinians, from which any neighbour whom they punish is considered a "threat".

A total of 68,858 people have already died in Gaza, despite the ceasefire.

Help with exhumation

Meanwhile, Hamascontinues to work to recover the bodies buried in the rubble.

Powerless, he has once again called for the entry of machinery and specialized personnel into the Palestinian group, because if they did not, it would be almost impossible to locate and identify them.

"The Brigades (Al Qasam) have called on the mediators and the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide and prepare equipment for the recovery of all bodies," Hamas said.

Israel has not identified the bodies

According to local media, Israeli forensics have failed to identify the last three bodies donated by Hamas.

Hamas, for its part, has admitted that it knew of unidentified remains, but that they were delivered "so as not to interfere with the surrender process. "

"We proposed that three samples of unidentified bodies be given, but the enemy refused to take them and asked for full bodies to be examined, so we proceeded to hand them over to avoid any future claims from Israel," the Palestinian group explained.

According to sources from the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel also blocks the entry of any material necessary for DNA testing.

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