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Israel-Gaza live updates: Khan Younis bombardment death toll rises to 73

Khan Younis had been designated as a humanitarian zone by Israel.

ByKevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, and Nadine El-Bawab
Last Updated: July 22, 2024, 3:54 PM EDT

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, efforts to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization are ongoing, and Israeli forces have launched an assault in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

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Jul 22, 2024, 3:01 PM EDT

2 hostages 'no longer alive,' IDF says

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday said two hostages, Alex Dancyg and Yagev Buchshtab, who were taken by Hamas militants, were "no longer alive."

Their bodies "were being held by the Hamas terror organization," IDF said in a statement. They were determined to be dead based on intelligence gathered by Israel's Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the Ministry of Religious Services and the Israel Police, the IDF said.

People attend a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and a call for the release of hostages in Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 6, 2024.
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"The circumstances of their death in Hamas captivity are being examined by all the professional authorities," IDF said.

There are 120 abductees still in Gaza. Of those, 46 abductees are no longer alive, according to the prime minister's office.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

Jul 22, 2024, 2:55 PM EDT

Netanyahu shares what he will discuss with Biden on US trip

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will land in the U.S. on Monday, released a statement detailing what he plans to discuss with President Joe Biden.

He said they’ll talk about "how to advance in the critical months ahead the goals that are important for both our countries -- achieving the release of all our hostages, defeating Hamas, confronting the terror axis of Iran, and ensuring that all of Israel’s citizens can return safely to their homes in the north and the south."

Netanyahu added, "This will be an opportunity to thank him for the things he did for Israel in the war and during his long and distinguished career in public service, as senator, vice president, and president."

Jul 22, 2024, 9:29 AM EDT

Gaza death toll passes 39,000

The death toll in Gaza has risen to 39,006, with another 89,818 people hurt since the war broke out on Oct. 7, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.

About one-third of the war victims were children, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health.

A Palestinian boy looks over as he stands on the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israel bombardment, on the edge of a pool of stagnant water in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2024.
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Jul 22, 2024, 8:39 AM EDT

Dozens killed, including children, in Israeli strike in Khan Yunis, hospital official says

At least 44 people, including six children, were killed in an Israeli strike on Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, an official at Nasser Hospital told ABC News.

A relative of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli strike reacts at Nasser hospital, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 22, 2024.
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At least 90 people were injured, the hospital’s head of nursing said.

The Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of part of a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza. The military said it will begin an operation against Hamas militants who are in the area and use it to launch rockets toward Israel.

The deadly strike in Khan Yunis began Sunday night before the evacuation order was announced.

-ABC News’ Somayeh Malekian

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