GAZA CITY – As the Israeli military aggression against Gaza Strip entered its twenty third day, at least 115 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed early Tuesday, and around 220 were injured, bringing the death toll to at least 1231 and around 6720 injury cases.

Rescue teams recovered the body of Niveen al-Far from under therubble of her house in al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, which shelled at dawn and claimed the lives of three other Palestinians.

Meanwhile, 13 Palestinians were killed and 25 others were injured in Israeli heavy artillery shelling targeting east of Jabalia to the east of Gaza.

Israeli artillery also conducted intensive shellings against neighborhoods of Al Shajayieh, al-Tofaha, Al-Tawam, al-Zaytoun, Bani Sahila area, Al-Nuseirat, Al-Bureij and Al-Maghazi refugee camps, the city of Khan Younes and Rafah.

Israeli strikes also claimed the life of leader of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (DFLP) Wadah Abu Amir along with his wife and five children. Israeli shelling targeted the house of Abu Amir in Khan younis, killing him and his entire family.

Demands for end to hostilities

The World Health Organization now estimates that more than 215,000 people, or one out of eight Gazans, have fled their homes in the overcrowded territory.

Many have headed for already-cramped UN schools in the north, where children ran barefoot around a dirty school yard alongside stinking piles of rubbish.

The surge in violence drew increasingly urgent international demands for an end to hostilities.

"In the name of humanity, the violence must stop," UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.

Source: WAFA & Ma'an News