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Death tolls rose sharply today, on both sides. Palestinian authorities report 413 dead, including 78 children and 41 women. More than 2,300 were wounded there. In Israel, 700 casualties have now been reported, according to Israeli media. The Health Ministry says more than 2,200 people have been injured.

Zaka, an Israeli volunteer group that processes human remains after terror attacks and other disasters, says it has found at least 260 bodies at a festival site in the south of the country. A spokesman for the group told several Israeli media outlets. Hamas fighters attacked participants attending a rave near the border with the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Numerous people were reportedly abducted from the festival grounds into the Gaza Strip. The media quoted eyewitnesses who spoke of a massacre. Videos circulated online showing festival goers fleeing shots from the attackers. Many parents of young people who attended Saturday's rave at kibbutz Re'im have been seeking news of their missing children since yesterday.

It is unclear whether Israeli authorities have included the bodies found by Zaka in their official death toll from the Hamas attack, which now exceeds 700.