Casualty count of Israel-Hamas war continues to increase

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00:00 The numbers on the casualties in the raging Israel war in Gaza continues to pile up.

00:06 The body count just breached the 9,000 mark in Gaza and the West Bank, with approximately

00:11 32,000 slightly or severely wounded.

00:15 Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Holy Land to press Prime Minister Benjamin

00:21 Netanyahu for a localized and brief humanitarian pause to Israel's attacks as international

00:28 pressure mounts and calls from Democrat partymates to do so grow.

00:33 This as Israeli Defense Force spokesperson Daniel Hagari in the latest presser says a

00:39 ceasefire is a "non-starter" and "not on the table right now," even as the IDF

00:45 has completely encircled downtown Gaza.

00:48 Meanwhile, some 3,000 Gaza-based Palestinians working in Israel are trapped there since

00:54 the war erupted on October 8, have been fired and are expected to be back in Gaza in a few

01:00 days.