Gaza-MOI
Some 26 Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli attacks on Gaza since midnight Friday, as reports of a new ceasefire proposal surfaced on the 18th day of the offensive on the Strip.
Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Palestinian ministry of health, said that the latest deaths brought the death toll since the beginning of the assault to 825.
Over 5,240 Palestinians have been injured since the beginning of the Israeli offensive, al-Qidra said.
The deadliest Israeli airstrike of the night targeted the Rafah family home of 45-year-old Salah Ahmad Abu Hasanin, killing him and three of his sons and injuring 14 others.
His sons were 15-year-old Abd al-Aziz, 12-year-old Hadi, and nine-year-old Abd al-Hadi.
Abu Hasanin was a leader in Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades.
In another attack, Shayma Hussein Abd al-Qader Qannan, 23, was killed in an Israeli shelling on the al-Sheikh Ali family home in Deir al-Balah. The woman was pregnant, and medics in al-Aqsa Martyrs' hospital were able to save her baby.
Later, Walid Said al-Harazin, five, was killed after being hit in the head by an Israeli bullet in al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood.
An Israeli army statement said that "since midnight, 8 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, whereas 1 was intercepted, and 7 hit Israeli territory."
"Overnight the IDF targeted 45 terror activity sites. Amongst them was a military command post, which included Hamas internal security offices and the office of a Hamas senior operative, Ra'at Habat," the statement said.
"Earlier this morning, in a combined IDF-ISA (army-Shin Bet intelligence agency) effort, Salah Abu Hasim, a member of the PIJ Military Council, was targeted in the southern Gaza Strip."
Some 26 Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli attacks on Gaza since midnight Friday, as reports of a new ceasefire proposal surfaced on the 18th day of the offensive on the Strip.
Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Palestinian ministry of health, said that the latest deaths brought the death toll since the beginning of the assault to 825.
Over 5,240 Palestinians have been injured since the beginning of the Israeli offensive, al-Qidra said.
The deadliest Israeli airstrike of the night targeted the Rafah family home of 45-year-old Salah Ahmad Abu Hasanin, killing him and three of his sons and injuring 14 others.
His sons were 15-year-old Abd al-Aziz, 12-year-old Hadi, and nine-year-old Abd al-Hadi.
Abu Hasanin was a leader in Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades.
In another attack, Shayma Hussein Abd al-Qader Qannan, 23, was killed in an Israeli shelling on the al-Sheikh Ali family home in Deir al-Balah. The woman was pregnant, and medics in al-Aqsa Martyrs' hospital were able to save her baby.
Later, Walid Said al-Harazin, five, was killed after being hit in the head by an Israeli bullet in al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood.
An Israeli army statement said that "since midnight, 8 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, whereas 1 was intercepted, and 7 hit Israeli territory."
"Overnight the IDF targeted 45 terror activity sites. Amongst them was a military command post, which included Hamas internal security offices and the office of a Hamas senior operative, Ra'at Habat," the statement said.
"Earlier this morning, in a combined IDF-ISA (army-Shin Bet intelligence agency) effort, Salah Abu Hasim, a member of the PIJ Military Council, was targeted in the southern Gaza Strip."
