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Israel said it has discovered a fig of bodies successful Gaza during combat, and that its subject was carrying retired a process to extract and place the bodies, which volition instrumentality respective hours.
It asked that the nationalist refrain from spreading rumors arsenic to the identities of the bodies.
U.S. President Joe Biden said his unit was successful interaction with the Israelis and confirmed that they person discovered bodies successful Gaza. He was unsure of the nonstop fig of bodies. Biden added helium was not astatine liberty to place the bodies astatine this time.
At slightest 40,691 Palestinians person been killed and 94,060 injured successful Israel's subject violative successful the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the enclave's wellness ministry said in a connection connected Saturday.
The warfare was triggered erstwhile Palestinian Islamist radical Hamas attacked Israel, sidesplitting 1,200 and taking astir 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
On Saturday, clashes broke out between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters successful the occupied West Bank arsenic Israel pushed up with a subject cognition successful the flashpoint metropolis of Jenin. Hundreds of Israeli troops person been carrying retired raids since Wednesday successful 1 of their largest actions successful the West Bank successful months.
Biden, speaking to reporters successful Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, said helium was "still optimistic," astir a ceasefire woody to halt the conflict.
"I deliberation we're connected the verge of having an agreement," helium said. "It's clip this warfare ended."
Biden added that "people are continuing to meet."
"We deliberation we tin adjacent the deal, they’ve each said they hold connected the principles."
(Reporting by Stephanie Kelly and Doina Chiacu; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
