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Most of the verified deaths in the Gaza Strip during the first 10 months of the conflict between Israel and Hamas were among children between the ages of five and nine, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office published on Friday. The office has so far verified some 10,000 deaths for the period from November 2023 to August 2024, said the head of the UN Human Rights Office for the occupied Palestinian Territories, Ajith Sunghay. However the true death toll is likely to be significantly higher, with thousands of people still believed to be trapped under the wreckage of buildings. It i…