TEL AVIV, November 11. /TASS/. The Israeli authorities have revised the death toll in the October 7 attack to 1,200, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lior Hayat told TASS.

Earlier, Israel said that 1,400 people had been killed. However, according to Hayat, it’s not the final number.

Tensions in the Middle East flared up again on October 7 after militants from the radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, killing residents of border communities and taking people, including women, children and the elderly, hostage. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel announced a total blockade of Gaza and launched ground operations in the enclave, also carrying out air strikes on targets in the Strip, as well as on certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.