Israeli military “massacred” 15 Palestinian families across Gaza

Gaza, The Gulf Observer: The Israeli military “massacred” 15 Palestinian families across Gaza by targeting their homes, Palestinian officials have said, even as the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the besieged enclave rose to 436.

The death toll included 91 children and 61 women, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said.

The United Nations said separate that more than 123,000 people have been displaced in Gaza since the recent flare-up of violence between the Hamas and Israel.

At least 32 Palestinians were killed on Monday in fresh Israeli airstrikes, including 19 Palestinians of the same family in the city of Rafah south of Gaza City, as the besieged territory suffered the deadliest spate of violence in many years.

Five Palestinians were killed in another strike targeting a house in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, they added.

Four people also lost their lives in another air strike on a house in the al Zaatar neighborhood in northern Gaza. An Israeli strike also targeted a house in Deir al Balah in central Gaza, killing three people.

A girl was also killed and several people were wounded in an attack on a mosque in the Al Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City.

Israeli fighter jets also staged several air strikes in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza, the Interior Ministry run by the Palestinian group Hamas said in a statement.

The Israeli army said its aircraft continued to pound the Gaza in order to “devastate the capabilities” of Hamas.

A military statement said several command posts were destroyed in the attacks, including an “operational asset used by Hamas” located in a mosque in Jabaliya.

Palestinian groups in Gaza, meanwhile, fired volleys of rockets into southern Israel.