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The Pentagon has since clarified that the Defense Secretary meant more than 25,000 total Palestinians have been killed. https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2024/02/29/more-than-25000-palestinian-women-and-children-killed-by-israel-pentagon-chief-says/ According to the Gaza Health Ministry, that number now exceeds 30,000. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234159514/gaza-death-toll-30000-palestinians-israel-hamas-war https://nytimes.com/live/2024/02/29/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news#gaza-death-toll-war Gaza Health Ministry figures are generally viewed as reliable. reuters.com/world/middle-east/despite-bidens-doubts-humanitarian-agencies-consider-gaza-toll-reliable-2023-10-27 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02713-7/fulltext https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-intel-confirms-gaza-health-ministry-stats-reliable https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-officials-have-growing-confidence-in-death-toll-reports-from-gaza-b3b5183a https://thehill.com/policy/international/4301551-gaza-deaths-likely-higher-than-cited-us-official/
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