 This death toll does not include people who have died from disease or malnutrition, both rising causes of death as Gaza faces an extreme humanitarian crisis in the ninth month of war. 322 Israeli soldiers have been killed since Israel's ground offensive began. This is NPR News. In news from the region, the city of Bridgeport has settled a lawsuit filed by a former municipal worker who claimed her firing was politically motivated. WSHU's Shelley Hasman-Kadish reports.