Gaza death toll hits 314 as UN's Ban Ki-moon heads to region

Five bodies were pulled from a home hit by an Israeli air strike on southern Gaza on Saturday, hiking the death toll to 314 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to bolster truce efforts. The bodies were retrieved from Khan Yunis, where a sixth body was also found, and a seventh person died of wounds sustained on Friday, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.

The discoveries came after the deaths of seven people outside a mosque in the southern city of Khan Yunis, Qudra said, adding that three of the dead were from the same family.