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Israel revises Hamas attack death toll to 'around 1,200' [1]

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Date: 2023-11-10

People commemorate the victims of October 7 Hamas' attack in front of Brandenburg gate, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

JERUSALEM, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A spokesperson for Israel's foreign ministry said on Friday that the death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel had been revised to around 1,200 from a previous government estimate of 1,400.

"Around 1,200 is the official number of victims of the October 7 massacre," spokesperson Lior Haiat said in a written statement.

Haiat said the figure had been updated on Thursday. He did not provide a reason for the revision.

The death count, which includes foreigners, "is not a final number. It (is) an updated estimate. It might change when (they) identify all the bodies," Haiat said.

Reporting by Henriette Chacar; Editing by Crispian Balmer and Diane Craft

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