Let's go. Over 46,000 dead in the war.When will the peace be?

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More than 46,000 people have been killed in Gaza, where the war has been going on for 15 months.

Cease-fire negotiations have progressed to some extent, but more time is known to be needed before a final agreement is reached.

Reporter Kim Ji-young reports.

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Fatma Abu Awad staying at refugee shelter in Khan Younis,

We lost six family members at once in two recent Israeli airstrikes.

[Patma Abu Awad / Family of Air Raid Victims; Every day I waited for news of a ceasefire, but there was no truce. All I heard was that my son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren were dead.The Ministry of Health in Gaza,

, says the number of victims of the war between Israel and Hamas has exceeded 46,000.

Women and children make up more than half.

Pope Francis has stepped up his criticism of Israel's attack on Gaza.

[Philippo Ciampanelli / Vatican Monsignor (Pope's Speech): Likewise, I appeal once again to the ceasefire in Gaza, where a very serious and shameful humanitarian situation is taking place, and the release of Israeli hostages.

On the other hand, the Israeli side countered that airstrikes in Gaza were defending itself against Hamas atrocities.

Amid the cease-fire negotiations, Oman, acting as a mediator, was optimistic about the situation, saying that a cease-fire in Gaza would stabilize the Middle East.

U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken also said negotiations have progressed a lot and hopes to be completed before handing it over to the Trump administration.

However, it is still unclear when true Middle East peace will come, as talks have already been delayed amid similar optimism several times.

I'm Kim Jiyoung of YTN.


Video editing Ahn Hong-hyun