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Update: since the publication of this article, the death toll in Gaza has risen to 56, according to the Independent, with at least six Israelis killed, BBC reports. Hundreds of air strikes in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces and multiple rocket barrages fired towards Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by Hamas and other Palestinian militants on Wednesday have led to the deaths of at least 32 Palestinians in Gaza and five Israeli people, according to Reuters. The Israeli forces' aerial…