INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
according to the Hamas-run health ministry
Its latest update said 56,697 people in Gaza had been wounded over the same period.The figures included 156 people killed and 246 injured in
the last 24 hours, the ministry added.The latest war was triggered by an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas gunmen on southern
Israel on 7 October, in which 1,200 people were killed - most of them civilians - and about 240 others taken hostage.Israel continued its
bombardment of Gaza up until the end of what has been a dark year in the region.The IDF said it killed a senior Hamas commander involved in
the 7 October attack, Adil Mismah, in an overnight strike on the town of Deir al-Balah.The Gaza health ministry reported at least 48 deaths
in overnight bombing in Gaza City
strike on Monday morning was said to have killed at least 10 people in the al-Maghazi refugee camp.The BBC has not been able to verify the
latest battlefield reports.A resident of northern Gaza displaced to the south of the enclave highlighted the contrast between New Year
official line from the Israeli government is that Gazans will eventually be able to return to their homes, though it has yet to outline how
or when this will be possible.Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and southern Israel as it saw in the new year, with Israeli missile
defence systems intercepting rockets fired from Gaza, AFP reported.One man who was in Tel Aviv celebrating the new year with friends said:
