81 Killed And More Than 700 Injured In Israeli Raids On Gaza

81 Killed And More Than 700 Injured In Israeli Raids On Gaza

The Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip caused dozens of martyrs and hundreds of wounded amongst Palestinian civilians including children, women, and elderly.

Since Wednesday, 81 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, tank fire and naval shelling, including 20 children and 8 women and 9 elderly, the Health Ministry confirmed, pointing out that 8 of the martyrs have been killed on the first day and 10 of them in the second day and 12 martyrs on the third day and 15 were killed on the fourth day.

In addition, more than 700 Palestinians were wounded, including 113 children, 53 of them aged less than 5 years, and 224 women and 50 elderly.

An Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon killing Suheil Hammad, 45, and his 15-year-old son Muamin. They were driving a water tanker to sell water to residents, a Ma'an reporter says.

Four women and four children were among 10 killed in an Israeli missile attacked that leveled the al-Dalo family home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City.

Israeli airstrikes killed two men in separate airstrikes on Gaza City's Shejaiyya neighborhood, killing Saadiyya al-Theib and 24-year-old Sami al-Faqir, medics said.Muhammad Abu Naqira died after Israeli jets bombed his home in the Shaboura neighborhood of Rafah in southern Gaza, witnesses said.

In northern Gaza, medics recovered the body of 52-year-old woman, identified as Nawal Abed al-Ali, from the rubble of an airstrike on a police station in the al-Tufah neighborhood.

Medics said 27-year-old Ahmad Nahhal and 9-year-old Tasneem Nahhal died and eight others suffered injuries in a strike on al-Shati refugee camp, on the coastline of Gaza City.

A strike on al-Bureij refugee camp killed 18-month-old Eyad Abu Khousa and wounded his brother, a Ma'an correspondent said.

Earlier, two children died and more than 12 people sustained injuries as two houses came under fire in northern Gaza early Sunday, medical official Ashraf al-Qidra said. Medics identified the two children as Tamer Abu Asaifan and one-year-old Jumana Abu Asaifan.

Witnesses said Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza continued with intensity overnight.

The Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is ready to widen its offensive.

"We are exacting a heavy price from Hamas and the terrorist organizations and the Israel Defense Forces are prepared for a significant expansion of the operation," he said at a cabinet meeting, giving no further details.

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19/11/2012

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