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Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 22

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GAZA -- The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 29,410, with 69,465 others wounded since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out, Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Thursday.

It added that the Israeli army killed 97 Palestinians and wounded 132 others during the past 24 hours, noting that some victims remain under the rubble amid heavy bombardment and a lack of civil defense and ambulance crews. (Palestine-Gaza-Death Toll)

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BEIRUT -- At least two Hezbollah fighters were killed and three people injured Thursday in an Israeli strike targeting two residential apartments in Kfar Remen, a city in the Nabatieh Governorate of southern Lebanon, Lebanese military and medical sources told Xinhua.

The military sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said four air-to-surface missiles penetrated the two adjacent apartments from above and exploded inside, leading to their complete destruction. Neighboring buildings were also severely damaged. (Israeli Strike-Hezbollah Fighters-Deaths)

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SANAA -- Warplanes of the U.S.-led coalition launched four strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Thursday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.

The strikes occurred in the area of al-Jabbanah in the northwestern part of the city, the television said without elaborating further. (Yemen-Houthis-Coalition Attack)

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GAZA -- At least 40 Palestinians were killed and 100 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the central Gaza Strip, the media office of the Hamas-run government in Gaza said in a press statement on Thursday.

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israeli aircraft launched several raids on a number of residential houses in the city of Deir el-Balah, which led to their complete destruction. (Israeli Attacks-Gaza-Casualty) Enditem

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