Gaza's death toll hits 889

The latest Israeli strike targeted an apartment building in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, al-Qodra said.

Gaza's death toll hits 889
Twenty-four Palestinians were killed early on Saturday and around 100 others injured by Israeli attacks on different parts of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian Health Ministry official said.

"The new fatalities raise Gaza's death toll from Israel's war to 889 since the beginning of this war on July 7," Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra told Anadolu Agency. He added that the attacks also raise the number of Gaza's injured victims to 5840.

Al-Qodra said the latest Israeli strike targeted an apartment building in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis. He added that the attack left 16 Palestinians dead and 20 others injured.

Five more Gazans were killed early on Saturday and ten more injured by Israeli strikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip, according to al-Qodra.

Two Palestinians were killed and 15 others injured by an Israeli strike on a central Gaza home one hour earlier.

Four more Palestinians, including a rescue worker, were killed by Israeli strikes earlier in the day.

Since July 7, Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip with fierce aerial bombardments with the ostensible aim of halting rocket fire.

Gaza-based resistance factions, meanwhile, have continued to fire rocket at Israeli cities in response to relentless Israeli bombardments.

According to official Israeli figures, 37 Israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed since the hostilities began.

Israel's military operation, dubbed operation "Protective Edge," is the self-proclaimed Jewish state's third major offensive against the densely-populate Gaza Strip – which is home to some 1.8 million Palestinians – within the last six years.

In 2008/9, over 1500 Palestinians were killed in Israel's three-week-long operation "Cast Lead."

--- Israel strikes 3679 Gaza targets: Army

Israeli army said Saturday that it had attacked more than 3600 targets in the Gaza Strip since the start of military operations in the blockaded Palestinian territory.

The army wrote on Twitter that it had attacked 3670 targets, including 155 in the last 24 hours ahead of a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which started on Saturday.

Saturday's short lull was declared after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed to reach a week-long humanitarian pause in Israel's 20-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Since July 7, Israel has pummeled the Gaza Strip – from air, land and sea – with the ostensible aim of halting Palestinian rocket fire.

At least 900 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6000 others injured in Israeli attacks across the blockaded territory.

According to official Israeli figures, 40 Israelis – 37 soldiers and three civilians – have been killed since hostilities began.

Israel's operation "Protective Edge" is the self-proclaimed Jewish state's third major offensive against the densely-populated Gaza Strip, which is home to some 1.8 million Palestinians, within the last six years.

In 2008/9, over 1500 Palestinians were killed – the vast majority of them civilians – during Israel's three-week-long "Operation Cast Lead."
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