Gaza's Death Toll From Israel's Attacks Hits 1363

Two Palestinians died early on Thursday of wounds caused them a few days ago by Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.



It added that the new fatalities raise to 1363 Gaza's death toll from Israel's war, which has been ongoing since July 7.



Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra said some 7680 more Palestinians were injured by Israeli strikes since the beginning of the war too.



He added that as many as 131 Gazans were killed by Israeli attacks on different parts of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, while 463 more people injured.



"The dead victims included 315 children, 166 women and 58 elderly people," al-Qodra told Anadolu Agency.



Israel has been pounding the Gaza Strip since July 7 with fierce aerial, naval and ground bombardments with the ostensible aim of halting rocket fire from the strip.



The vast majority of the dead and injured victims are civilians: children, women and elderly people. 



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



According to official Israeli figures, 53 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."



By Mustafa Haboosh



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