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A Pro-Palestinian supporter takes pictures with a mobile phone during a National March for Palestine in Trafalgar Square, in central London, on February 3, 2024. Deadly strikes were reported today in the overcrowded Gaza border town of Rafah -- dubbed a "pressure cooker of despair" by the UN -- as international mediators readied a new push to seal a tentative truce deal between Israel and Hamas. The war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of around 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Militants also seized about 250 hostages, and Israel says 132 remain in Gaza, including at least 27 believed to have been killed. In response, Israel launched a withering offensive that has killed at least 27,131 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)