'Over 8,000 killed' in Israeli attacks in Gaza since start of escalation

The death toll in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli shelling and bombing has exceeded 8,000, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Palestine in Gaza on October 7, the number of wounded people has reached 19,000.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the country's war cabinet and political cabinet "unanimously decided to expand the ground operation" in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu said Israel is now "heading into the second stage of the war," during which his country will try to achieve its target of "destruction of Hamas's military and governing capabilities, and returning the hostages home."