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Palestinian Health Ministry says Gaza deaths exceed 42,000

The Palestinian Health Ministry said late on Wednesday that the total number of dead in Gaza now surpasses 42,000 people. 

Based on data from the Emergency Operations Center in Gaza through 9 October, the total number of known deaths as a result of the Israeli assault on Gaza for the past year is 42,010. 

The statement says an additional 10,000 people are missing, and almost 98,000 have been wounded. 

It adds that "only 15 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are functional, all of them partially, facing critical shortages."