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Sixty-two Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the ground invasion of theGaza Strip by the Israeli Occupation Forces.
Ma'an reports that twenty-Five Palestinians including eight members of a single familyhave been killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip this evening. The total number of deaths in Israel's 11-day long assault is 297 and more than 2,200 injured.
Of the 62 killed since the beginning of the Israeli invasion, 25 have died in thelast four hours as Israeli air strikes pounded the Strip.
Eight members of the Abu Jrad family including four children were killed by an Israeli missile that struck their home in Beit Hanoun. The martyrs have been identified as Naim Musa Abu Jrad, 23, Abd Musa Abu Jrad, 30, Siham Musa Abu Jrad, 26, Rija Aliyan Abu Jrad, and four children: Haniyah Abd al-Rahman Abu Jrad, Samih Naim Abu Jrad, Musa Abd al-Rahman Abu Jrad, 6 months, and Ahlam Musa Abu Jrad.
Four members of the Shaath family were killed and four were injured including one seriously after an air strike on their home in the Hayy al-Manara neighborhood of Khan Younis around 10:30 p.m.
Three members of the Abu Sneineh family were also killed in a strike on their home in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and three others were injured. The dead were named by Gaza medical authorities as: Faysal Abu Sneineh, 32, Emad Faysal Abu Sneineh, 18, and Nizar Fayez Aub Sneineh, 38.
Muhammad Talal al-Saneh, 20, was killed around 10:30 p.m. as a result of an Israeli attack, PalestinianMinistry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Ismail Ramadan Salmi, 23, was brought dead to the Gaza European Hospital, while Ghassan Salem Abu Musa Abu Azzab, 28, from Hayy al-Manara in Khan Younis also died as a result of an Israeli attack.
Muhammad Saad Mahmoud Abu Saadeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike in eastern Khan Younis on Friday evening.
Hamza Mohammad Abu Hussein, 27, was killed in an airstrike on eastern Rafah on Friday evening, while Mohammad Abu Sa'da was killed in an artillery shelling eastern Khan Younis.
Imad and Qassim Alwan, both children, were killed as a result of artillery shelling in eastern Gaza City.
Rizk Ahmad al-Hayk, 2, perished in air strikes in Shawwa Square in Gaza City, while Sarah Muhammad Bustan, 13, was killed in Hayy al-Tuffah in Gaza City.
Yusif Ibrahim Hasan al-Astal, 23, died of wounds he sustained in Khan Younis a week ago.
Four Palestinian children, aged between two and seven, were just killed in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City. Several others were injured in the attack. There is reports of a fifth person being killed but it has not been confirmed yet.
Earlier, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack in Beit Lahya, Rafat Bahloul and Sihab Zurub. In Rafah, Mohammad Matar, 23, was also killed in an Israeli strike.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qidrah, reported that three Palestinians were killed in Khan Younis in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the house of the mayor, east of the city. Eyewitnesses reported that two of them were killed while they were standing next to the home, while the third one was a few meters away. The house was completely destroyed in the shelling.
The martyrs have been identified as Ahmed Hassan Ghalban 23 years old, Hamada Abdullah Bashiti, 21, and Abdullah al-Samiri, 17.
In the Nuseirat refugee camp the Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinians while they were in the swimming pool. One has been identified as Mahmoud Ali Darwish, 40, whereas the other one is yet to be identified. Their bodies have been transferred to the Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah. Another Palestinian was injured in the attacks, that hit several houses in the camp.
Shehab reports that Mohammed Awad was just killed near the cemetery of Beit Lahia when an Israeli F-16 targeted the place.
Earlier today, Ahmad Abdallah al-Behnsawi was killed by shelling in Beit Lahiya, while the bodies of Saleh al-Zgheibi and Alaa Abu Shabab were found under rubble in eastern Rafah.
In Beit Hanoun, three children were killed in an Israeli tank attack that targeted the Al-Nada building, north of the Gaza strip. The bodies of Ahmad Ismail Abu Musallam, 14, his sister Alaa, 13, and their brother Muhammad, 15, were taken to Kamal Adwan hospital. The children were killed when a shell hit their bedroom.
In total, thirty Palestinians have been killed since the Israeli ground invasion started, yesterday around 10 p.m. Medical sources in Gaza have reported that since the 8th of July, when Operation 'Protective Edge' started, 271 have been killed and more than 2100 have been injured.
Moreover, more than 25,000 Palestinians have fled their homes in northern Gaza since Thursday to seek shelter in UNRWA school. Hundreds are fleeing their homes in southern Gaza too, after the ground invasion. Some 300,000 people in areas close to the border have been warned to leave their homes. UNRWA has just announced it has opened 34 UNRWA emergency shelters across the Gaza Strip
OCHA reports that Israeli warplanes have hit 4399 targets in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression, last 8th of July. Due to the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, 1,800 homes have been destroyed or severely damaged, directly displacing 11,000 people.
Only between 50 to 60 per cent of pumped water is being supplied to households due to damage to critical facilities, and 600,000 people in Gaza are at risk of losing access to water supply completely.
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