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People assess damage and recover items from their homes in the rubble after Israeli air strikes.
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More than 30,000 people have died since the start of the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Both the UN High Commissioner and the WHO chief mention this number.
Geneva - According to the UN, more than 30,000 people have died in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli military offensive began.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, gave the number at a meeting of the Human Rights Council.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, had previously mentioned the number on the X platform.
Neither Türk nor Tedros named the source of their information.
There was initially no official confirmation from the health authorities in the Gaza Strip, who publish the figures daily.
dpa