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The death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip rose above 2,000 on Aug. 18, the health ministry said as more people injured in over a month of fighting with the Israelis succumbed to their wounds.
      
According to a ministry statement, a total of 2,016 people were killed and another 10,196 wounded.
      

Thousands were fleeing northern Gaza Sunday after a night of fierce bombardment as Israel expanded a ground assault on day 13 of the deadliest violence in the enclave in five years.
      

Four children on the beach in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli raid on Wednesday, raising the overall death toll to 213, the emergency services said.        

All four were on the beach when the attack took place, in what initially appeared to be shelling from the sea, according to AFP correspondents who witnessed the attack from a nearby hotel.