Bystanders in the area helped authorities lift part of the helicopter and get the victim out, who was then loaded into an ambulance, according to Sylvia.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
The first arriving engine found one of the victims had been trapped under the helicopter, Sylvia said.
Those figures dwarf the number of fatalities in previous bouts of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza since 2005, according to data from Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.
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Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
This marks the 51st traffic fatality this year, according to data tracked by KCPD.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies.
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Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government, and the United Nations and many independent experts consider its figures to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.
According to Hanke, Milei’s big loss in the Buenos Aires contest and the acceleration in the peso’s decline confirmed the Money Doctor’s warning that the inevitable lure for mismanaging the peso was Milei’s Achilles’ heel.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Completely outplayed by the Brewers thus far in a National League Division Series, the Cubs are teetering on the brink of elimination after Monday night’s 7-3 loss at American Family Field.
He was subsequently hailed by many northern abolitionists as a martyr and damned by many southerners as an insurrectionist intent on destroying the institution of slavery.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
The latest martyr in Paris’ ongoing political deadlock — France’s fifth PM in less than two years — is Sébastien Lecornu, who announced his resignation on Monday after just 27 days in office.
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