Gaza death toll tops 10,000 as war reaches one-month mark

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00:00 Dozens of Palestinians lie dead, covered by body bags.

00:04 This is the aftermath of Israeli bombing on the town of Deir el-Bala in the central Gaza

00:09 Strip.

00:10 "We were displaced from northern Gaza.

00:14 We came to stay here with my aunt.

00:16 It was night.

00:18 I was just sitting there when the bombing happened.

00:20 We found ourselves in the midst of the debris.

00:22 They pulled us out from under the rubble.

00:25 You can see the children, young boys and girls.

00:27 They were all martyred.

00:29 Those who weren't inside were injured as you can see.

00:32 The picture speaks much louder than words."

00:35 The 66 killed in Deir el-Bala are part of an ever-growing number.

00:40 On Monday, the Palestinian death toll surpassed 10,000 according to the Hamas health ministry.

00:46 It comes as the Israeli army severed northern Gaza from the rest of the territory and bombarded

00:51 it with airstrikes, with 450 targets hit in a 24-hour period.

00:56 Hamas says Israel is bombing intensely around several hospitals in the north of the territory.

01:02 The Israeli army once again accused the militants of using the hospitals to hide and to fire

01:06 missiles from, allegations that have been repeatedly denied by Hamas leaders.

01:12 One of those hospitals is Al-Shifa, the Gaza Strip's biggest medical centre.

01:17 A strike on Monday hit the roof of the building, killing a number of people sheltering on its

01:21 top floor.

01:22 Despite that, many of the 50,000 currently sheltering there are determined to stay.

01:28 "We are persistent.

01:32 We are persistent.

01:33 Whatever they do with us, we won't leave Al-Shifa hospital.

01:37 They cut water, electricity, food.

01:40 We're persistent.

01:41 We can survive on biscuits and nuts."

01:44 The rougher crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt reopened on Monday to allow the

01:48 evacuation of foreigners, dual nationals and wounded Palestinians.

01:51 The terminal was open for three days last week, before closing over the weekend amid

01:56 a dispute over the passage of ambulances.

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